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Ankyrin deficiency
Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), due to deficiency of ankyrin, a…
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Show more- Ejaculatory duct A canal in the male formed by union of the vas deferens and the duct from the seminal vesicle. The…
- Flavoproteins Flavoproteins are yellow proteins that serve as enzymes critical to the ability of cells in the body to…
- Iatromelia Ineffective or negligent medical treatment. From 'iatro-' meaning a relationship to a physician or medicine +…
- Disease, phytanic acid storage See Refsum disease
- Vincent infection This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Catheter, pulmonary artery A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary artery (the artery from the right…
- Voiding cystourethrography A procedure done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid…
- Disease, Legg-Perthes See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- CCP Cyclic citrullinated peptide
- Ferroniere A jewel held to the forehead by a chain worn by women in France and Italy in the 16th century to hide the…
- Reuptake The reabsorption of a secreted substance by the cell that originally produced and secreted it. The process of…
- Bundling A term employed by the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration) that refers to the inclusion of multiple…