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Emboli
Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli are a detached blood clot, a clump of bacteria, and foreign material such as air. Pulmonary emboli are blood clots that have been…
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Show more- Syndrome, Creutzfeldt-Jakob Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…
- Speech, esophageal See: Esophageal speech
- Death, black The black plague or the plague. In 14th century Europe, the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below…
- Family history of colon polyps See: Colon cancer family history
- Encapsulated Confined to a specific area; the tumor remains in a compact form
- Cardioverter Although cardioversion (the conversion of one cardiac rhythm to another) may sometimes be done with…
- APL Abbreviation for acute promyelocytic leukemia, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a deficiency…
- Warble A small hard nodule produced by the larva of a fly that has penetrated the skin. The warble can be…
- Pfeiffer syndrome A syndrome of craniosynostosis (premature fusion of the cranial sutures) due to mutation in FGFR (fibroblast…
- Gametogenesis The development and production of the male and female germ cells required to form a new individual. The male…
- Rat, rice See: Rice rat
- Locked-in syndrome A neurological disorder characterized by complete paralysis of voluntary muscles in all parts of the body…