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Count, platelet
The calculated number of platelets in a volume of blood, usually expressed as platelets per cubic millimeter (cmm) of whole blood. Platelets are the smallest cell-like structures in the blood and are important for blood clotting and…
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Show more- Prescription drug A drug requiring a prescription, as opposed to an over-the-counter drug, which can be purchased without one…
- Cystitis, interstitial (IC) Disease that involves inflammation or irritation of the bladder wall. This inflammation can lead to scarring…
- Pulmonary medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases affecting…
- Tophaceous gout A chronic form of gout. Nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft tissue…
- Caudal epidural anesthesia See Caudal anesthesia
- Fever, Philippine hemorrhagic A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Cocci Pleural of coccus. Bacteria which are spherically shaped
- Hemoglobinuria The presence of free hemoglobin in the urine, an abnormal finding, that may make the urine look dark…
- Retrograde amnesia Amnesia in which the lack of memory relates to events that occurred before a traumatic event. Retrograde…
- Pubarche Just as menarche means the time when menstruation begins, pubarche indicates when pubic hair begins.
- AChE (acetylcholinesterase) Abbreviation for acetylcholinesterase. See: Acetylcholinesterase