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Dysmetabolic syndrome X
A constellation of metabolic abnormalities in serum or plasma insulin/glucose level ratios, lipids (triglycerides, LDL cholesterol subtypes and/or HDL cholesterol), uric acid levels, coagulation factor imbalances and vascular physiology…
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Show more- Eye, absent Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Newborn test, Brazelton A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…
- OGG1 A DNA repair enzyme with antimutator activity. OGG1 is one of a number of enzymes that repair damage done to…
- Housemaid's knee See Prepatellar bursitis
- Plano In practical optics, a surface that has been worked flat
- Recessive, autosomal A genetic condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of an autosomal gene, one…
- Immunization, yellow fever A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Xanthopsia A form of chromatopsia, a visual defect in which objects appear as if they have been overpainted with an…
- Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Dis See: GOLD
- Cysticerci The plural of cysticercis. See: Cysticercus
- Paresis, general A part of late ('tertiary') syphilis a decade or more after the initial infection, due to chronic…
- Enteropathy, gluten See: Gluten enteropathy