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Leukoreduction
A process used to filter and remove white blood cells from whole blood before transfusion. The reason why white blood cells (leukocytes) are removed from blood is because they provide no benefit to the recipient but can carry bacteria and…
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- Tyrosinemia type II A metabolic genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme tyrosine transaminase. The disease is…
- Method, rhythm Also known as fertility awareness, natural family planning, and periodic abstinence, this approach to…
- Pulse, trip-hammer See: Pulse, water hammer
- Polyneuritis, acute idiopathic Also known as the Guillain-Barre syndrome, a disorder characterized by progressive symmetrical paralysis and…
- Vesicular rickettsiosis A mild infectious disease first observed in New York City, caused by Rickettsia akari, transmitted from its…
- Maculopathy, cellophane See: Macular pucker
- Streptococcus pyogenes A common bacteria of the skin that causes strep throat (streptococcal pharyngitis), impetigo, other skin…
- Anthropology, forensic Forensic: See: Forensic anthropology
- Nirenberg See: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Magnesium A mineral involved in many processes in the body including nerve signaling, the building of healthy bones…
- Chicken genome The genome of the Red Jungle Fowl, Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens, comprising about 1…