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Subacute
Rather recent onset or somewhat rapid change. The term 'subacute' is used in contrast to acute which indicates very sudden onset or rapid change and chronic which indicates indefinite duration or virtually no change. A chronic condition is…
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- Neonatal intensive care unit An intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn babies. Abbreviated NICU. Also called a newborn…
- Protein-losing enteropathy A condition in which there is excessive loss of plasma protein into the intestine. Protein-losing enteropathy…
- Syndrome, tooth and nail A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…
- Disease, Chagas See: Chagas disease.
- Polypsis of the colon Multiple polyps with a high malignant potential in the large bowel. This hereditary condition is also known…
- LLL Acronym for the left lower lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is the left…
- Sapphism Female homosexuality. Named after the poet Sappho who lived on the Greek island of Lesbos (circa 600 BC). She…
- Allelic Pertaining to an allele, an alternative form of a gene. A single allele is inherited from each parent
- Legionella The bacterium that causes Legionnaires' disease. This disease is due specifically to the bacterium Legionella…
- Medicine, forensic See: Forensic medicine
- Recombinant DNA molecules A combination of DNA molecules of different origin that are joined using recombinant DNA technology