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- Disorder, seasonal affective (SAD) Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed…
- CEA assay Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the…
- Cardiac index A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects…
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- Small inducible cytokine A2 See: MPC1
- Perinatal transmission Transmission of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) from mother to baby during the perinatal period, the…
- Syndrome, Zellweger A genetic disorder, also called the cerebrohepatorenal syndrome, characterized by the reduction or absence of…
- Binocular diplopia See: Diplopia, binocular
- Tenesmus Straining, especially long-continued, ineffectual and painful straining, at stool or in urination. Straining…