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Hepatitis F
It was formerly believed that a virus isolated from rare blood samples was able to cause hepatitis, and this virus was designated hepatitis F virus. Further investigation has failed to confirm the existence of this virus. There is no known…
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- Disease, mixed connective tissue A mixture of three diseases of connective tissue (the framework of the cells of the body) -- systemic lupus…
- Activated charcoal Charcoal that has been heated to increase its absorptive capacity. Activated charcoal is sold as an…
- Inhalant 1. Generally, any breathable chemical vapor.2. Specifically, a psychoactive substance whose volatile vapors…
- Polyendocrinopathy syndrome, autoimmune A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Abscess, perianal See: Perianal abscess
- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Nodular Bumpy.
- Anorexigenic Causing anorexia (loss of appetite) as, for example, an anorexigenic drug
- Antisense mRNA An mRNA (messenger RNA) transcript that is complementary to endogenous mRNA. Antisense mRNA is the noncoding…
- Choroid See: Melanoma, choroidal.
- Mesodermal Pertaining to the mesoderm or to tissues derived from the mesoderm