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Time, prothrombin
A clotting test, the prothrombin time is done to test the integrity of part of the clotting scheme. The prothrombin time is commonly used as a method of monitoring the accuracy of blood thinning treatment (anticoagulation) with COUMADIN…
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- Reservoir 1. A place where something such as water is kept in reserve.2. The part of a device in which something is…
- Hammer The malleus
- Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia Essential mixed cryoglobulinemia: A condition in which cryoglobulin proteins which are a mixture of various…
- Aerotitis Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems…
- Superficial See: Melanoma, superficial spreading.
- United States Pharmacopeia Abbreviated USP. A publication, established in 1820, that contains legally recognized standards of identity…
- Zinc finger protein 9 See: ZNF9
- Fecundity The ability to have children, usually lots of them with ease. Etymology:'Fecundity' comes from the Latin…
- Capsule >In medicine, a membranous structure that envelops an organ, a joint, tumor, or any other part of the body…
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…
- ABCD rating A staging system for prostate cancer. See the Jewett staging system