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Sign, Babinski
A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when the sole of the foot is stroked. If the big toe goes up, that may well mean trouble. The Babinski sign is obtained by stimulating…
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- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Vitamin E Alpha-tocopherol, an antioxidant vitamin which binds oxygen free radicals that can cause tissue damage…
- Short hairpin RNA See: shRNA
- Gage, Phineas The most famous patient to have survived severe damage to the brain and the first from whom something was…
- Exudate A fluid rich in protein and cellular elements that oozes out of blood vessels due to inflammation and is…
- Thalassemia major The dire disease also known as beta thalassemia. The clinical picture of this form of anemia was first…
- Muscular dystrophy, distal One of two genetic muscle diseases characterized by wasting of the muscles most distant from the midline…
- Leukocytosis Increase in the number of white blood cells.
- Infection, roundworm Infection from a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma