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Adenoid cystic carcinoma
A type of cancer that most often develops in the salivary glands of the head and neck. It may arise in other sites such as the skin, lacrimal gland, trachea, breast, cervix and prostate. Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) has a characteristic…
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Show more- Pathogenetic Pertaining to the pathogenesis of a disease, to exactly how it develops and the precise chain of events…
- P in biochemistry The abbreviation for protein. For example, p53 is a protein (53 kilodaltons in size).
- Spinal fusion Spinal fusion: A surgical procedure in which two or more of the vertebrae in the spine are united together so…
- Auditory cortex The part of the brain that is concerned with hearing. The auditory cortex is the temporal lobe, which the…
- Sapovirus A virus, formerly called 'Sapporo-like virus' (SLV) and sometimes referred to as classic or typical…
- Secretin A hormone made by glands in the small intestine that acts to stimulate pancreatic secretions. Commercially…
- Cubitus valgus A deformity of the elbow resulting in an increased carrying angle (so that, with the arm extended at the side…
- GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- Musical hallucination A form of auditory hallucination in which music is heard, often the same piece of music. In most cases the…
- Occupational medicine The field of medicine encompassing occupational disease, diseases due to factors in people's occupations. For…
- Balantidium A genus of protozoa with cilia that includes Balantidium coli (B. coli). B. coli is the largest protozoan and…
- Fatal familial insomnia Abbreviated FFI. An hereditary prion disease characterized by disrupted sleep (insomnia), motor abnormalities…