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Esophageal acid infusion test
See: Bernstein test
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- Pyelo Short for pyelonephritis, which is bacterial infection of the kidney. Pyelonephritis can be acute (sudden) or…
- ICD Implantable cardiac defibrillator, a device that is put within the body and is designed to recognize certain…
- Umbilical cord The cord that connects the developing embryo or fetus with the placenta and through which run the umbilical…
- Finished DNA sequence A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis The bacterium that causes tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis has unusually waxy walls, is slow-growing and among…
- MME Metallomembrane endopeptidase, also known as membrane metalloendopeptidase
- Differential white cell count The proportions of the different types of white cells in the blood, usually split into the different types of…
- Corneal dystrophy, epithelial basement A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Audiology The study of hearing.
- Syndrome, patellofemoral (PFS) The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague discomfort of the inner knee…