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Show more- Luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone A hormone that controls sex hormones in men and women. Also called LHRH.
- Code, emergency While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Diabetes, insulin-dependent Also called type 1 diabetes. See Diabetes, type 1
- ALS8 See: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8
- Ames test A test developed in 1974 by Bruce N. Ames for identifying possible carcinogens by studying their mutagenic…
- Black lung disease A chronic occupational lung disease contracted by the prolonged breathing of coal mine dust. The silica and…
- Respiratory syncytial virus Respiratory syncytial virus: A virus that causes mild respiratory infections, colds, and coughs in adults…
- Caliciviridae See: Calicivirus; Norovirus
- Obstetrical forceps An instrument with two blades and a handle designed to aid in the vaginal delivery of a baby. Forceps may be…
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Arachnoiditis Arachnoiditis: Inflammation of the middle layer of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord…