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Plasma osmolarity
The osmolarity of blood plasma, which is a measure of the hydration status. The plasma osmolarity is sensitive to changes in hydration status during dehydration and rehydration. The normal plasma osmolarity is in the range of 280-300…
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- RXT Medical abbreviation for radiotherapy
- Antisense DNA DNA normally has two strands, i.e., the sense strand and the antisense strand. In double-stranded DNA, only…
- Injure To harm, hurt, or wound. The word injure may be in physical or emotional sense. Treadmill machines may injure…
- Brachial palsy See: Brachial plexus palsy
- NK cell See Natural killer cell
- Disto- Distal
- Ambiguous genitalia Genitalia that are neither typically female nor typically male. Also known as intersexual genitalia. Girls…
- Hallucinosis, musical See: Musical hallucination
- Vasovagal syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation (situational syncope) due to a…
- ROMA Representational oligonucleotide microarray analysis. A method for the detection of genomic aberrations…
- Medication, clot-dissolving See: Thrombolytic agent