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Test, syphilis (VDRL)
A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody that is present in the bloodstream when a patient has syphilis. A negative (nonreactive) VDRL is compatible with a person not having…
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- Acid, fatty One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell…
- Coinsurance A provision by which the insured individual shares in the cost of certain expenses. The same as co-payment
- Drug-resistant tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, drug-resistant
- Human reproductive cloning HTLV. A retrovirus that causes adult T-cell leukemia. HTLV is endemic (constantly present) in southern Japan…
- MEDLARS MEDLARS® is an acronym that stands for Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System. It is a…
- Syndrome, scalded skin See Scalded skin syndrome
- Ketogenic diet A diet devised as a treatment for severe seizure disorders that do not respond to conventional medication…
- Syndrome, nail-patella See Nail-patella syndrome
- Replacement therapy, hormone (HRT) The combination therapy of estrogen plus progestogen, termed hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Estrogen…
- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Smith-Magenis syndrome A syndrome of abnormal physical, developmental and behavioral features due to microdeletion of chromosome 17…