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Periaortic
Around the aorta. The aorta is the great artery that comes from the left ventricle of the heart and delivers oxygen-rich blood to the body. Peri- is a prefix borrowed from the Greek. It means 'around or about.' So perianal is around the…
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- Type 2 diabetes See Diabetes, type 2.
- Enhanced external counterpulsation A non-invasive out-patient treatment for heart disease and, in particular, for angina (chest pain due to an…
- Keratoconus Keratoconus: Cone-shaped cornea with the apex of the cone being forward. Also called conical cornea.
- Annexin V Annexin V is the cause of a syndrome called the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with abnormal blood…
- Penetrance The likelihood a given gene will result in disease. For example, if half (50%) of the people with the…
- Genetic immunodeficiency disease See: Primary immunodeficiency disease
- Anomia A problem with word finding. Impaired recall of words with no impairment of comprehension or the capacity to…
- Colpo- A group of diagnostic and therapeutic disciplines that are used together with conventional medicine. An…
- Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor See: G-CSF
- Gingivitis, fusospirillary This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…