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Salient
Standing out. Projecting. When the true nature of a disease is poorly understood, it is often classified by its salient external features
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- Philippine hemorrhagic fever A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Ear canal, self-cleaning Most of the time the ear canals are self-cleaning, that is, there is a slow and orderly migration of ear…
- Valine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, valine is required…
- Lens, intraocular See: Intraocular lens
- HEV Hepatitis E virus
- Agenesis, sacral Failure of formation of all or part of the sacrum (the lowest section of the spine). Currarino syndrome is a…
- BMT Bone marrow transplantation, a procedure in which doctors replace bone marrow that is diseased (or damaged)…
- P in biochemistry The abbreviation for protein. For example, p53 is a protein (53 kilodaltons in size).
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…
- Colonoscopy, virtual See: Virtual colonoscopy