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Systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
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Show more- WPW syndrome Abbreviation for the Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical…
- Asian influenza See: Asian flu
- Chromosome, X See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Tok- From the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining forms, all…
- Hereditary multi-infarct dementia See CADASIL
- Breadbasket A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with…
- Line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Skin biopsy Skin biopsy: Removal of a piece of skin for the purpose of further examination in the laboratory using a…
- Supernumerary Beyond the normal number. Anything supernumerary is extra. A supernumerary chromosome is an extra one beyond…
- Philtrum The area from below the nose to the upper lip. Normally the philtrum is grooved. In fetal alcohol syndrome…
- Pro- The likelihood that something will happen. For example, a probability of less than .05 indicates that the…
- Apopain See: Caspase 3