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Show more- Lactase deficiency (LDH) An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of lactate to pyruvate. This is an important step in energy…
- Pachydactyly Thick fingers or toes. A feature, for example, of neurofibromatosis. From the Greek pachys, thick + daktylos…
- Hardy, James D. Pioneering American transplant surgeon responsible for three epochal operations: the first human lung…
- Splenectomy An operation to remove the spleen
- Psychedelic 1. Hallucinogenic, distorting perception and awareness. 2. A drug such as LSD or mescaline that has…
- Hepatico- A combining form used before a consonant to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Swelling of the brain See: Cerebral edema
- Idiopathic scoliosis A "wastepaper basket" for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See…
- Psychoneuroimmunology The study of the connections between the mind and the neural, immune and endocrine (hormonal) systems. The…
- Coronary artery brachytherapy Local radiation treatment within an artery to the heart. Coronary artery brachytherapy has been used to…
- Cancer, prostatic Cancer of the gland (prostate) that produces some of the components of semen fluid. The second leading cause…
- Pachyonychia congenita, type 1 This is a form of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It…