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Familial lung cancer
Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family history of lung cancer or it can recur in two or more members of the same family and constitute familial lung cancer. A gene for…
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Show more- Folinic acid The active form of folic acid in the body. See: Leucovorin
- Lithotripsy, extracorporeal shock wave See: Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy
- Thrombectomy Procedure to remove a clot (a thrombus)
- Foot-and-mouth disease A disease caused by a highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting…
- Coffin-Lowry syndrome An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- TSI Stands for Thyroid Stimulating Immunoglobulin. The TSI level is abnormally high in persons with…
- Level 2 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Triple C's Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Asphyxia Impaired or impeded breathing.
- Axillary Pertaining to the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word…
- Mesmerism 1. Originally, a system of therapeutics propounded by Mesmer.2. A precursor of hypnotism, believed by Mesmer…
- T-helper cell A type of T cell that provides help to other cells in the immune response by recognizing foreign antigens and…