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Cholangiogram, IV
See: Intravenous cholangiogram
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- PVS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
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- National Program of Cancer Registries A program administered in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since 1994 that…
- Amygdaloid Like an almond. Almond-shaped. As the amygdaloid nucleus in the brain, a structure that anatomists thought…
- Fissure, palpebral The opening for the eye between the eyelids.
- Angle-closure glaucoma This condition can be acute or chronic. It consists of increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior…
- Fever, Q Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or trench fever is…
- Sperm motility The percentage of all moving sperm in a semen sample. In a semen sample, 50% or more of the sperm should…
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1