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CCK
Cholecystokinin
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- Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB) immunization This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…
- Lobar Having to do with a lobe. For example, lobar pneumonia.
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- Acoustic neurofibromatosis See: Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Blasts Immature blood cells. Leukemic blasts do not grow and age normally; they proliferate wildly and fail to mature
- Prealbumin One of several plasma proteins such as transthyretin that migrate faster than albumin in an acidic starch gel