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ART (antiretroviral therapy)
Treatment that suppresses or stops a retrovirus. One of the retrovirus is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. Retroviruses are so named because they carry their genetic information in the form of RNA rather than DNA so…
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Show more- Farsightedness Farsightedness: Medically termed hyperopia; the ability to see distant objects more clearly than close…
- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…
- Colony-stimulating factor A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells…
- Perineal Of or relating to the perineum
- Chronic otitis externa Chronic inflammation of the skin lining the external ear canal leading to the ear drum. Can be caused by a…
- Albumen The white of an egg, the part of the egg from which meringues are made. Albus in Latin is white. Not to be…
- Wegener's granulomatosis Wegener's granulomatosis: An uncommon type of inflammation of small arteries and veins (vasculitis) that…
- Bacterial artificial chromosome Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The symptoms include…
- G6PD deficiency G6PD deficiency: Deficiency of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), the most common enzyme…
- Health, Saami See: Artic health
- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Cholangiogram, IV See: Intravenous cholangiogram