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Biochemical aspirin resistance
The inability of aspirin to produce an anticipated effect on one or more tests of platelet function, such as inhibiting the biosynthesis of thromboxane, inhibiting platelet aggregation, and causing a prolongation of the bleeding time. The…
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- Syndrome, post-polio (PPS) A constellation of symptoms and signs that appear from 20 to 40 years after the initial polio infection, and…
- Socialized medicine A system of health care in which all health personnel and health facilities, including doctors and hospitals…
- CAT scan, spiral A conventional computerized axial tomography scan (CAT scan or CT scan) is an x-ray procedure which combines…
- Anesthetic A substance that causes lack of feeling or awareness. A local anesthetic causes loss of feeling in a part of…
- Epilepsy, grand mal See: Grand mal
- BCM Body cell mass
- Epispadias Congenital (at birth) malformation in which the opening of the urethra (from whence comes the urinary stream)…
- Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase An enzyme abbreviated as MCAD. See: MCAD deficiency
- Bilirubin A yellow-orange compound produced by the breakdown of hemoglobin from red blood cells.
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Fatty inflammation of the liver in people who do not abuse alcohol. NASH (nonalcoholic steatohepatitis) tends…
- End-of-life companion See: Doula (the second meaning)