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ThinPrep Pap test
A modified Pap test technique designed to reduce some of the technical problems inherent in the traditional type of Pap smear. In the traditional Pap test, cell samples are obtained from the vagina, cervix, and cervical canal and spread on…
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- Whipworm A nematode (roundworm) also called Trichuris trichiura. The third most common round worm of humans. The worm…
- Hyperglycemia Hyperglycemia: A high blood sugar. An elevated level specifically of the sugar glucose in the blood…
- Replication A turning back, repetition, duplication, reproduction
- External genitalia, male See: Male external genitalia
- NCCAM National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
- Medicins Sans Frontieres A group which sends physicians and other health workers to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of…
- Genome, Haemophilus influenzae See: H. flu genome
- Mab Monoclonal antibody. See: MAB
- Robotripping Street name for the high produced by abuse of the cough syrup Robitussin which contains dextromethorphan
- Retrosternal Behind the sternum (the breastbone)
- Microalbuminuria 1. Generally, a subtle increase in the urinary excretion of the protein albumin that cannot be detected by a…