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Subclinical disease
An illness that stays below the surface of clinical detection. A subclinical disease has no recognizable clinical findings. It is distinct from a clinical disease, which has signs and symptoms that can be recognized. Many diseases…
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Show more- Cranial nerve VII The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge…
- Comorbidity The coexistence of two or more disease processes.
- Counterpulsation A technique that synchronizes the external pumping of blood with the heart's cycle to assist the circulation…
- Autonomic neuropathy Disease of the nerves affecting mostly the internal organs such as the bladder muscles, the cardiovascular…
- Tendonopathy Any disease or dysfunction of a tendon, The form of tendonopathy is named for the affected tendon, as in…
- Vater, ampulla of See: Ampulla of Vater
- Circumjacent Lying around in the sense of surrounding. Related terms include superjacent, subjacent, and adjacent. From…
- Aorta, ascending The ascending aorta is the first section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The ascending aorta…
- Fetoprotein, alpha- (AFP) AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some valuable…
- Pharmacologist A specialist in the study of medications and their effects on the body
- Fibrates for lowering cholesterol Fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- Regurgitation, mitral See: Mitral regurgitation