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Carboxyhemoglobin
Hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide instead of the normal oxygen bound to it. Carbon monoxide has a much great affinity than oxygen for hemoglobin. Carboxyhemoglobin is formed in carbon monoxide poisoning. The source of the carbon monoxide…
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- Serratus posterior inferior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior inferior muscle originates…
- CA 125 CA 125: A cancer marker, a protein normally made by certain cells in the body including those of the uterine…
- Kyphosis, postmenopausal cervical An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the…
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Decortication Removal of part or all of the outer surface of an organ such as the lung, kidney, or brain
- Pathogen, special See: Special pathogen
- Retinitis pigmentosa and congenital deafness (Also called Usher syndrome.) A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder…
- Heart muscle A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The heart muscle, or cardiac muscle, is…
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Tailbone Popular name for the coccyx, the small bone at the bottom of the spine made up of 3-5 rudimentary vertebrae.
- Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome A form of mucopolysaccharidosis with the clinical onset before age 3 that is characterized by an inability to…