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Hecht-Beals syndrome
See: Hecht syndrome
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- ASOT Antistreptolysin O Titer. A blood test that looks for antibodies to the streptococcus A bacteria. Also…
- Hand, foot, and mouth disease A common illness of infants and children under 10 years old characterized by fever, sores in the mouth, and a…
- White-coat hypertension (White coat hypertension) A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- MCAF Monocyte chemotactic and activating factor. See: MPC1
- Paralysis, vocal cord Paralysis, vocal cord: Inability of one or both vocal folds (vocal cords) to move. The paralysis is usually…
- Pap test, ThinPrep A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional…
- Oxygen A colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that makes up about 20% of the air we breathe (and at least half the…
- Syphilis test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Medical entomology The branch of science that deals with insects that cause disease or that serve as vectors of organisms that…
- Agenesis Lack of development of something. For example, agenesis of a toe means that toe failed to form.
- Lining, uterine The inner layer of the uterus (womb); the cells that line the womb; anatomically termed the endometrium. This…