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Pseudoparalysis, spastic
Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due to a highly unconventional transmissible agent named a prion. It is not a bacteria, not a virus, in fact not like any other known…
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Show more- Ribosomal RNA A molecular component of a ribosome, the cell's essential protein factory. Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) fabricates…
- Stem cell harvest, peripheral blood A technique for obtaining stem cells from the patient's blood for use in bone marrow transplantation. They…
- Pallidotomy A surgical operation performed on the globus pallidus to destroy it. The purpose of this operation is to…
- Vaccinia, disseminated See Progressive vaccinia
- GOLD-0 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Gyn- Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- Hole, macular A hole in the macula, the tiny oval area made up of millions of nerve cells located at the center of the…
- Beers list See: Beers criteria
- IgG Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.
- Thalassemia, alpha A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have a single feature…
- Donor lymphocyte infusion (DLI) A cancer treatment in which lymphocytes from a bone marrow donor are infused into the person who…