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Quiescent
Marked by a state of inactivity, repose, or tranquillity. For example, a quiescent stem cell is a stem cell that is resting at the time but that might be stimulated later to divide and proliferate. Quiescent also means causing no trouble…
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- Directives, advance medical These documents pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the…
- Named reporting In public health, named reporting is the reporting of infected persons by name to public health departments…
- OB/GYN A commonly used abbreviation. OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers…
- Bacterial prostatitis, chronic Prostatitis, chronic: Longstanding bacterial infection of the prostate gland superimposed on a defect in the…
- Ventricle, lateral >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each…
- Brill-Zinsser disease Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- Sleep, rapid eye movement Sleep, rapid eye movement: REM sleep is the portion of sleep when there are rapid eye movements (REMs)…
- Xanthoma, eruptive See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Histology The study of the form of structures seen under the microscope. Also called microscopic anatomy, as opposed to…
- Ubiquitin A small but extremely important protein that acts the 'kiss of death' to other proteins. Ubiquitin consists…
- Pistol-shot pulse See: Pulse, water hammer