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Leukodystrophy
A disorder of the white matter of the brain, the part of the brain that contains myelinated nerve fibers. The white matter is white because it is the color of myelin, the insulation covering the nerve fibers. (The white matter is as…
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- Acute promyelocytic leukemia Acute promyelocytic leukemia: Commonly called APL, a malignancy of the bone marrow in which there is a…
- Pulse The rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery due to the surge of blood from the beat of the heart. The…
- Body stuffing The swallowing of relatively small amounts of loosely wrapped illicit drugs because of the fear of arrest
- Helminthphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of being infested with parasitic worms called helminths. The eggs of these…
- Long-term care facility A facility that provides rehabilitative, restorative, and/or ongoing skilled nursing care to patients or…
- IOP (intraocular pressure) The pressure created by the continual renewal of fluids within the eye. The normal IOP varies among…
- Caspase 3 An enzyme that plays a key role in programmed cell death, or apoptosis. Caspase 3 has been called the…
- Physician discontent Dissatisfaction with medical practice. Physician discontent increased substantially in the last quarter of…
- Lung, collapsed Failure of full expansion of a once fully expanded lung. Medically called atelectasis. The word comes from…