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Show more- Anlagen The plural of anlage. See: Anlage
- AMI Acute myocardial infarction. A heart attack. The term 'myocardial infarction' focuses on the heart muscle…
- Albert Sabin See: Sabin, Albert
- White coat hypertension A transient increase in blood pressure (hypertension) triggered by the sight of medical personnel in white…
- BMP Bone morphogenetic protein
- Activities of daily living (ADLs) The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as…
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- ADAMTS2 A gene that encodes a metalloproteinase enzyme. This enzyme is responsible for processing type I, type II…
- Midwife, empirical See: Empirical midwife.
- Atrioventricular node The atrioventricular (AV) node is an electrical relay station between the atria (the upper) and the…
- Pancytopenia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Abatement A diminution, decrease or easing. In medicine there may be abatement of pain or any other symptom or sign. In…