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Syndrome, Paterson-Kelly
See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
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- Drug-transporter gene See: Gene, transporter
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- Guillain-Barre syndrome See: Guillain-Barré syndrome.
- Roofer's knee See prepatellar bursitis.
- Cytoskeleton The scaffolding structure of the cell cytoplasm. The cytoskeleton consists of intermediate filaments, actin…
- VCJD Stands for variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as…
- Sclerosing cholangitis See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Wet market A live animal market, a common sight in many areas of the world and a source of influenza viruses and other…
- Skittling Street name for the high produced by abuse of the drug dextromethorphan
- CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Pouch, Pavlov At different points along the dogs' digestive tracts, the Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov…