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- Peroneal muscular atrophy See: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Fluoridation 1. In general, treatment with fluoride.2. Specifically, the addition of fluoride to a water supply to help…
- Allergy scratch test Allergy scratch test: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is the…
- Lues 1. Relating to syphilis, caused by it, or suffering from it. 2. A person with syphilis. From lues, an old…
- Nucleic acid hybridization A technique in which single-stranded nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are allowed to interact so that complexes…
- Chronic granulocytic leukemia See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia
- Left ventricle The left lower chamber of the heart that receives blood from the left atrium and pumps it out under high…
- Node, sentinel lymph The first lymph node ('gland') to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel…
- Gaucher disease, types 2-5 A series of disease due to glucocerebrosidase deficiency and accumulation of glucocerebroside in cells. By…
- CWD Chronic wasting disease