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Antinuclear antibody test
Antinuclear antibody test: A test for unusual antibodies that are directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell. Antinuclear antibodies (ANAs) indicate the possible presence of autoimmunity. The fluorescent antinuclear…
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Show more- Test, NSE Neuron-specific enolase (NSE) is a substance that has been detected in patients with certain tumors, namely…
- Stepfather The husband of a woman who had a child by another man
- Humoralism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Sabin vaccine The oral polio vaccine developed by Dr. Albert S. Sabin. The first vaccine against poliomyelitis was…
- Hallux What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the…
- Dorsum The back or posterior side of a structure. 'Dorsum' is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Hobbit Nickname for the Flores man (Homo floresiensis). Derived from the fictional race from J. R. R. Tolkien's…
- Microabscess A tiny abscess. A small accumulation of pus
- Pulled elbow See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Fatty acid One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell…
- Postop Short for postoperative, after surgery. The opposite of postop is preop
- Lipectomy, suction-assisted Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…