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Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia
Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia: Abbreviated ANLL. More commonly called acute myeloid leukemia (AML). A quickly progressive malignant disease in which there are too many immature blood-forming cells in the blood and bone marrow, the cells…
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- Neurobiological disorder An illness of the nervous system caused by genetic, metabolic, or other biological factors. Many illnesses…
- Lennox-Gastaut syndrome A severe form of epilepsy that is characterized by the onset in early childhood of frequent seizures of…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Spanish flu A pandemic of influenza A (H1N1) in 1918-19 that caused the highest number of known flu deaths. More than…
- TPN Total parenteral nutrition, intravenous feeding that provides a patient with all of the fluid and the…
- Anisocytosis Excessive inequality in the size of the red blood cells. Anisocytosis ('aniso') is apparent on a blood smear…
- Cerebral herniation The abnormal protrusion of brain tissue through an opening when there is increased intracranial pressure…
- PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy, a neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Collarbone A horizontal bone above the first rib that makes up the front part of the shoulder. The collarbone, also…
- Nuclear medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the use of radioisotopes in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of…
- Cochlear implant A small complex electronic device that is surgically placed (implanted) within the inner ear to help persons…