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Zoonotic disease
Any disease that is spread from animals to people. There are many known zoonotic diseases, some of them very familiar such as Lyme disease and malaria. Less familiar zoonotic diseases (beginning with the letters 'a' and 'b') include…
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Show more- Dislocation of the radial head See: Nursemaid's elbow
- Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase (SGPT) An enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGPT is released into blood when the liver or…
- Prostatectomy, retropubic See: Retropubic prostatectomy
- Sensitivity, analytic See: Analytic sensitivity
- FMO3 Abbreviation for the enzyme, flavin-containing monooxygenase-3. See Fish-odor syndrome
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Uterus, tipped A slight to dramatic placement of the uterus that orients it toward the back. A tipped uterus is common and…
- Tuberous sclerosis 1 The TSC1 gene involved in causing the disease tuberous sclerosis. See: TSC1
- Cesarian section, lower segment (LSCS) A Cesarian section in which the surgical incision (cut) is made in the lower segment of the uterus
- DBT Dialectical behavioral therapy
- Yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) A vector (carrier) created and used in the laboratory to clone pieces of DNA. A YAC is constructed from the…
- Fibrillation, atrial An abnormal irregular heart rhythm whereby electrical signals are generated chaotically throughout the upper…