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Leukemia, hairy-cell
See: Hairy cell leukemia
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- Low blood sugar A low blood level of the sugar glucose. Also called hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia is only significant when it is…
- Gene mapping The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Brain stem glioma A malignant tumor that arises in the brain stem, the part of the brain that connects to the spinal cord. The…
- Obtunded Mentally dulled. A person may be obtunded due to head trauma. To obtund is to dull or blunt. From the Latin…
- Nicotinic acid Deficiency of nicotinic acid (also known as niacin), one of the B-complex vitamins, causes pellagra. Pellagra…
- Saliva A watery secretion in the mouth produced by the salivary glands that aids in the digestion of food. Saliva…
- Locoregional metastasis Metastasis (spread) of a cancer only within the region in which it arose. In contrast to systemic metastasis
- Cytogenetics The study of chromosomes, the visible carriers of DNA, the hereditary material. Cytogenetics is a fusion…