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Prefix indicating living plants or creatures, as in biology, the study of living organisms
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Show more- Nodes, Osler's A diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis). These are small (the…
- Section, cross A transverse cut through a structure. The opposite is a longitudinal section
- Endep See: Amitriptyline
- EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor. A protein found on the surface of cells to which epidermal growth factor…
- Gun stock deformity See: Cubitus varus
- Health, Inuit See: Artic health
- RWI Recreational water illness
- Cirrhosis Cirrhosis: An abnormal liver condition characterized by irreversible scarring of the liver. Alcohol and viral…
- Sydenham's chorea See: Sydenham chorea
- Macroglobulinemia A condition in which the blood contains high levels of large proteins and is too thick to flow through small…
- Elastase 2 Neutrophil elastase, an enzyme in neutrophils that digests elastin. The gene ELA2 encoding elastase 2 is on…
- Antithyroid drug A drug directed against the thyroid gland. The antithyroid drugs include carbimazole, methimazole, and…