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Specificity, analytic
See: Analytic specificity
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- Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome: A chromosome condition in boys and men that is usually due to 47 chromosomes with XXY…
- Pacemaker, implantable A device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the heart rhythm or to reproduce that rhythm. An internal…
- Hypothyroidism, infantile Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- Test, ThinPrep Pap A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional…
- Smoke, second-hand Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Blastocystis hominis The parasitic organism that causes blastocystosis. See Blastocystosis
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- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia A condition in which the immune system attacks the red blood cells, resulting in fewer of these…