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Polyp colon family history
See: Colon cancer family history
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- B variant GM2-gangliosidosis See: Tay-Sachs disease
- Cholesterol lowering with fibrate The fibrates are cholesterol-lowering drugs that are primarily effective in lowering triglycerides and, to a…
- M. leprae Mycobacterium leprae
- Stat See: STAT
- Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in which there a family history of the disease. Familial ALS constitutes…
- Fibroadenoma A benign growth in the breast that is solid, firm, smooth and usually painless or only slightly tender…
- Treadmill A machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill was originally a wide…
- Cranial nerve, second The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the…
- Papilla of Vater See: Ampulla of Vater
- Polygenic Pertaining to two or more genes. As opposed to monogenic. Eye color is polygenic. It is by determined by a…
- Sacral vertebrae There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are represented by the symbols S1 through S5 and are situated…