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Indolent lymphoma
A lymphoma that tends to grow and spread slowly, in contrast to an aggressive lymphoma which tends to grow and spread quickly. Indolent lymphomas include chronic lymphocytic lymphoma and follicular small cleaved cell lymphoma. Also called…
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- Globus hystericus The sensation of having a lump in the throat when there is nothing there. Sometimes simply called globus…
- Antisense In molecular biology, the strand complementary to a coding sequence of a nucleic acid. Antisense DNA is the…
- Aspartame A man-made sweetener with almost no calories used in place of sugar. A diet program with aspartame and…
- Capsid The protein coat of a virus. The term capsid came in 1960 from the French capside, from the Latin capsa…
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- Enchondromatosis A condition characterized by multiple enchondromas -- benign masses of cartilage growing within bones. The…
- DM2 Myotonic dystrophy type 2. See also: Myotonic dystrophy
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- Scabies, crusted A severe form of scabies caused by delayed treatment of the initial infestation, characterized by mite-filled…