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Acute lymphocytic leukemia
See: Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Show more- Deficiency, LCHAD Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality of…
- Vein, femoral See: Femoral vein
- Pollices The thumbs. The plural of pollex. See: Pollex
- Manny A male nanny, a man employed full-time to take care of one or more children in a family home. The term manny…
- Methylenedioxymethamphetamine 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), best known on the street as 'Ecstacy.' An illicit drug, considered…
- Ventricle, fourth >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Bacille Calmette Guerin An effective immunization against tuberculosis. Commonly abbreviated BCG, it is an attenuated (weakened)…
- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife
- Meckel's diverticulum An outpouching from the small intestine, due to failure of obliteration of the yolk stalk (which normally…
- T-suppressor cells T cells that express the CD8 transmembrane glycoprotein (CD8+ T cells). They close down the immune response…
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…
- Menstruation, retrograde The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This…