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Urine pH
A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of urine. The pH of any fluid is the measure of the hydrogen ion (H-) concentration. A pH of 7 is neutral. The lower the pH, the more acidic the urine. A variety of factors affect urine pH including…
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Show more- Vaccination, Td Td is the vaccine given to children over six and adults as boosters for immunity to diphtheria and tetanus.
- Epithelial carcinoma Cancer that begins in the cells that line an organ.
- Anisocytosis Excessive inequality in the size of the red blood cells. Anisocytosis ('aniso') is apparent on a blood smear…
- Pediatric end stage liver disease See: PELD
- Solipsism The doctrine that I alone exist. The self can know only its feelings and changes. There is only subjective…
- Rectal cancer Cancer: A malignant tumor arising from the inner wall of the final part of the large intestine -- the rectum…
- Disease, Hirschsprung A congenital abnormality (birth defect) of the bowel in which there is absence of the ganglia (nerves) in the…
- Anatomy, Gray's See: Gray's Anatomy
- Hyperuricemia Abnormally elevated blood level of uric acid. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines that are part of…
- PARK7 Familial Parkinson disease type 7
- Pediculicide An agent that destroys lice. From pediculus, lice + -cide, killer or killing
- Pituitary dwarfism Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with…