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TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura)
A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the brain. TTP is characterized by platelet microthrombi (tiny traveling clots composed of platelets, the clotting cells in the blood)…
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Show more- Adult-onset diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
- Trp . Tryptophan. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Hansen's disease See: Hansen disease
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences MS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIGMS's mission is to 'support basic biomedical…
- Footling presentation There are single-footling or double-footling presentations depending upon whether the presenting part of the…
- Pinealoma An uncommon slow-growing tumor of the pineal gland. Symptoms include hydrocephalus, paralysis of upward gaze…
- Mm Abbreviation for millimeters. For example, mm Hg means millimeters of mercury, the height of a column of…
- Plague Plague: The plague is an infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly…
- Protease An enzyme that can split a protein into peptides (from which the protein was originally created).
- Supination Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm is up (and the corresponding movement of the foot and leg…
- Stasis ulcer A stasis ulcer is an ulcer (a crater) that develops in an area in which the circulation is sluggish and the…
- Tonotopic Pertaining to the spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is…