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Sickle cell anemia
A genetic blood disease due to the presence of an abnormal form of hemoglobin, namely hemoglobin S. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that transports oxygen from the lungs to the farthest areas of the body. Sickle cell anemia…
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Show more- Rat, cotton See: Cotton rat
- Red corpuscles Red corpuscles are cells that carry oxygen in the blood. They are also called red blood cells or 'RBCs.'
- Sydenham chorea An acute neurologic disorder that emerges several months following a streptococcal ('strep') infection, most…
- Phobia, social Excessive fear of embarrassment in social situations that is extremely intrusive and can have debilitating…
- MAB Or mab. Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody. At the end of a generic drug name, -mab indicates that the drug…
- BMJ The British Medical Journal. The BMJ states that it 'aims to help doctors everywhere practice better medicine…
- Lability The state or quality of being labile: susceptible to change, error or instability. From the Latin labilis…
- Pondimin See: Fenfluramine
- Telepathology The use of telecommunications technology to facilitate the transfer of image-rich pathology data between…
- Cervix The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus (womb). The uterus, a hollow, pear-shaped organ, is…
- Physicians Health Study A very large, long-term, randomized study initiated in 1982 to look at the effects of aspirin and…
- Cutaneous allodynia Pain resulting from an innocuous stimulus to normal skin or scalp. The stimulus that triggers allodynia is…