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- Milk allergy, cow Casein and whey are the two major proteins of human milk and most milk-based formulas. Some (less than 8% of)…
- Craniopharyngioma A type of benign brain tumor that emerges develops from embryonic tissue that forms part of the pituitary…
- Deficiency, lactase Not enough of an enzyme called lactase in the small intestine to digest lactose, a prominent component of…
- Microdeletion The loss of a tiny piece of a chromosome, a piece so small its absence is not apparent on ordinary…
- Quadriceps reflex See: Knee jerk
- Thrombocytopenia, heparin-induced See TAR syndrome.
- Shingle In medicine, a small signboard outside the office of a doctor. The term has nothing to do with the disease…
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Hospice care Care designed to give supportive care to people in the final phase of a terminal illness and focus on comfort…
- Chloride The major anion (negatively charged substance) in the blood and extracellular fluid (the body fluid that lies…
- PH, urine See: Urine pH