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- Hemolytic anemia Anemia due to the destruction (rather than underproduction) of red blood cells.
- Sinusitis Sinusitis: Sinusitis is inflammation of the lining membrane of any of the hollow areas (sinuses) of the bone…
- Ophthalmic artery The ophthalmic artery supplies blood to the eye and adjacent structures of the face. It arises from the…
- Implicit memory Memory characterized by a lack of conscious awareness in the act of recollection. By contrast, explicit…
- Vein, brachial A vein that accompanies the brachial artery between the shoulder and the elbow. The route of the brachial…
- Bruton agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase A genetic type of immunodeficiency characterized by failure to produce mature B lymphocytes and gamma…
- Atrial Pertaining to the atria, the upper chambers of the heart, as in atrial fibrillation and atrial septal defect
- Barr body A microscopic feature of female cells due to the presence of two X chromosomes in the female. One of these X…
- Hereditary kidney cancer Kidney cancer due to a gene than can be transmitted from parent to child. The vast majority of kidney cancer…
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) A hole in the septum, the wall, between the atria, the upper chambers of the heart. Commonly called an ASD…
- KHM Keratoderma hereditarium mutilans. See: Vohwinkel syndrome