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Metallomembrane endopeptidase
(MME) A molecule that is also known as CALLA (common acute lymphocytic leukemia antigen), a cell surface marker for the most common form of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL). CALLA is also present on normal tissues and is abundantly present…
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Show more- QALY Quality adjusted life year, a year of life adjusted for its quality or its value. A year in perfect health is…
- Tobacco smoke, environmental Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Caesarian section, vaginal birth after It was once the rule that after a C-section, the next delivery also had to be by C-section. Now vaginal…
- Pulse, trip-hammer See: Pulse, water hammer
- Wellcovorin See: Leucovorin
- Music therapy The use of music in therapy; the therapeutic use of music. There are many different definitions of music…
- Hypoxia A subnormal concentration of oxygen. By contrast with normoxia (normal oxygen) and anoxia (the absence or…
- Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional (not a bacteria or virus)…
- Sonata Sonorous brand name for the sedative hypnotic drug generically known as zaleplon, used for sleep. For more…
- VCJD Stands for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as…
- Vein, varicose See: Varicose vein
- Syndrome, kinky hair See: Menkes syndrome