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Trimethylaminuria (TMA)
An inborn error of metabolism associated with an offensive body odor, the smell of rotting fish, due to the excessive excretion of TMA in urine, sweat, and breath. Persons with TMA may experience tachycardia (fast heart rate) and severe…
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- Shots, allergy Known medically as allergy desensitization or allergy immunotherapy, the injections are designed to stimulate…
- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Onset In medicine, the first appearance of the signs or symptoms of an illness as, for example, the onset of…
- Nasal septum The dividing wall within the nose. The nasal septum runs down the middle of the nose creating two sides to…
- Ichthyosis-keratitis-deafness syndrome See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Systemic therapy Treatment that reaches cells throughout the body by traveling through the bloodstream
- Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase A liver enzyme known, for short, as AGXT. See: AGXT
- Granny cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed of elderly people, as…
- Allergy, cow milk Allergy, cow milk: Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas…
- Colinear Arranged in the same linear order. See: Colinearity
- Molluscacide An agent capable of killing snails and other mollusks or of controlling their growth