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Cow milk allergy
Allergy: Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas. Some (less than 8% of) infants have a true allergy to the cow proteins that are in milk-based formulas. Infants with true cow milk allergy can…
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Show more- Creatinine clearance test A test that helps determine whether the kidneys are functioning normally. Specifically, the…
- Heart valves There are four heart valves. All are one-way valves. Blood entering the heart first passes through the…
- Enteroscopy The use of a flexible instrument (a 'scope') to examine the small intestine, a very long hollow tube located…
- Toxin One of a number of poisons produced by certain plants, animals, and bacteria. The term 'toxin' is frequently…
- Accoucheuse French for a woman who is an obstetrician (a physician skilled in the art and science of managing pregnancy…
- Antiandrogen A drug that blocks the action of androgens (male sex hormones). Antiandrogens are sometimes used in the…
- Circulatory Having to do with the circulation, the movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the…
- Xeroradiography The process of making a type of dry x-ray in which a picture of the body is recorded on paper rather than on…
- False positive A result that is erroneously positive when a situation is normal. An example of a false positive: a…
- Syndrome, Turner-Kieser See Nail-patella syndrome
- Histo Popular name for the fungus histoplasma. Also medical school slang for histology
- Acid rain Rain resulting from the combination of fossil fuel emissions and water in the atmosphere. The environmental…