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Test, prostate specific antigen
See: PSA
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Show more- Scarification The making of many small, superficial scratches in the skin. Scarification may be done in giving a smallpox…
- JIP Juvenile intestinal polyposis. See: Juvenile polyposis
- Agammaglobulinemia Total or near-total absence of gamma globulin, a protein fraction of the blood rich in antibodies, due to…
- Live animal market See: Wet market
- Morpheus In Greek and Roman mythology, the son of sleep and the god of dreams who lay on an ebony bed in a dim-lit…
- Hormone, parathormone Hormone made by the parathyroid gland (behind the thyroid gland in the neck). Parathormone (pronounced…
- Lassa virus The deadly cause of Lassa fever. Lassa virus is a virulent and highly transmissible RNA virus that belongs to…
- Aniso In hematology, short for anisocytosis
- Carotid-artery stenosis See: Carotid stenosis
- Nephritis, interstitial Nephritis due to disorders of the connective tissue within the kidney, severe allergic reactions, exposure to…
- Prealbumin One of several plasma proteins such as transthyretin that migrate faster than albumin in an acidic starch gel
- Fenestration Literally, the making of a window -- fenestra in Latin (and fenetre in French) is a window -- fenestration…