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TC-99 tetrofosmin scintimammography
Scintimammography is an imaging technique that uses a radioisotope (a radioactive substance) to help visualize the breast and find cancer. Scintimammography using the radioisotope technetium tetrofosmin (Tc-99 tetrofosmin) can detect…
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Show more- Agenesis Lack of development of something. For example, agenesis of a toe means that toe failed to form.
- Bacterium The singular of bacteria
- Beaufort wind scale A widely used wind force scale whih is a simple numerical relationship to wind speed based on an observation…
- SAA 1.Serum amyloid A (an acute-phase protein which increases early in the course of inflammation). 2…
- Melanoma, superficial spreading One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma, the most common type in whites, typically presents as a…
- B.i.d. (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, b.i.d. means twice (two times) a day. It is an abbreviation for 'bis in die' which in…
- PKD Short for phenylketonuria. See: Phenylketonuria.
- Factor, rheumatoid Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a blood test for the…
- Ophthalmitis Inflammation of the eye. Also known as ophthalmia
- Infant iron supplementation Iron is included in most infant formulas. Therefore, there is no evidence that iron supplementation is…
- Morning sickness Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy. Morning sickness is a misnomer, because it can occur at any time of the day…
- Alveolitis Inflammation of the alveoli, the air sacs in the lungs