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Radiation toxicity
See: Acute radiation syndrome
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- Safer sex See: Safe sex
- Malabsorption The impaired absorption by the intestines of nutrients from food. Malabsorption can be specific and involve…
- Cyclin E A protein that is part of a molecular network that controls the cell cycle. There are a large number of…
- Duane-radial ray syndrome See: Okihiro syndrome
- Fracture, transverse A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone. NTER> A…
- Sandhoff disease A genetic disorder with symptoms that are very similar to those of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) and that is…
- TSC2 The tuberous sclerosis 2 gene. The product of the TSC2 gene is a protein called tuberin. This protein…
- Lunula 1. The crescent-shaped area at the base of a fingernail or toenail. 2. Any small crescent- or moon-shaped…
- Doppler ultrasound A form of ultrasound that can detect and measure blood flow. Doppler ultrasound depends on the Doppler…
- Paget disease of the breast The combination of scaly skin changes of the nipple resembling eczema and an underlying cancer of the breast…
- IgD Immunoglobulin D, a class of immunoglobulins found as antibodies on the surface of B cells (B lymphocytes)…