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SGPT
Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, an enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGPT is released into blood when the liver or heart are damaged. The blood SGPT levels are thus elevated with liver damage (for example, from…
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Show more- CSF (colony-stimulating factor) A laboratory-made agent similar to a substance in the body that stimulates the production of blood cells. The…
- Syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Bladder catheter, indwelling A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder that remains ('dwells') there to provide…
- Test, PSA See: PSA
- Habitus The physique or body build. Also the posture. For example, corticosteroid therapy can produce a…
- Myelination The formation of the myelin sheath around a nerve fiber. Also known as myelinization
- Podocyte A cell with branching tentacle-shaped extensions that constitutes the barrier through which blood is filtered…
- Human herpesvirus 1 (HHV-1) A herpes virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters in and around the mouth. Here is a depiction of a…
- Heterosexuality Sexuality directed toward someone of the opposite sex
- Diabetes, insulin-dependent Also called type 1 diabetes. See Diabetes, type 1
- Gallus gallus The Red Jungle Fowl, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Supernumerary digit An extra finger or toe