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Blood urea nitrogen
Medically called hematuria, blood in the urine can be microscopic or gross. Evaluating hematuria requires consideration of the entire urinary tract. Tests used for the diagnosis of hematuria include the intravenous pyelogram (IVP)…
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- Ankylosis Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint
- Tropical cyclone A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Other terms for…
- Apopain See: Caspase 3
- Crime scene investigation The use of physical evidence at the scene of the crime and the use of deductive and inductive reasoning to…
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome Nt platelet syndrome): The Bernard-Soulier syndrome is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets…
- Macrobiota The living organisms (or flora and fauna) of a region that are large enough to be seen with the naked eye…
- John La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Gareis-Mason syndrome An inherited (genetic) syndrome with characteristic features including (1) neurologically: mental retardation…
- Laminaria A small rod-shaped piece of dried seaweed; when placed within the cervix, a laminaria causes it to gradually…
- Stroke index A cardiodynamic measure. Stroke volume is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects in one beat, measured…