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Medication, clot-dissolving
See: Thrombolytic agent
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- Mycobacterium tuberculosis The bacterium that causes tuberculosis. M. tuberculosis has unusually waxy walls, is slow-growing and among…
- Lipodystrophy A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with…
- Thorn test An early test for Addison's disease. The test is named for Dr. George W. Thorn who devised it. See: Thorn…
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- Islet cell cancer A rare but highly treatable type of pancreatic cancer that begins in the cells of the pancreas that produce…