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SCID
Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
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- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy A rapidly progressive, often fatal viral infection of the brain. Commonly abbreviated as PML. PML is believed…
- Protease An enzyme that can split a protein into peptides (from which the protein was originally created).
- Carcinoid syndrome A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Carcinoid tumor is also called an…
- Interstice A small space between things, especially between things that are usually closely spaced, such as cells…
- Seabather's itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Neurocysticercosis Infection of the brain by the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is a form of…
- Hendra virus A virus, formerly called equine morbillivirus, that can cause illness in horses and humans. First identified…
- Disease, exaggerated startle A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Lithotripsy A procedure to break a stone into small particles that can be passed in the urine.
- Staging, laparoscopic See: Laparoscopic staging
- Factor VIII Factor eight, a key factor in the process of blood coagulation (clotting). Lack of normal factor VIII causes…