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Familial adenomatous polyposis
See: MYH.
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- PHS The Public Health Service, the agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public…
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- Red blood cells The blood cells that carry oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…
- Cordectomy 1. Surgical removal of a vocal cord. 2. Surgical removal of part of the spinal cord. From cord + -ectomy…