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High blood sugar
An elevated level of the sugar glucose in the blood. Also called hyperglycemia. High blood sugar is a finding in a number of conditions, most notably diabetes mellitus. Elevated blood glucose leads to spillage of glucose into the urine…
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Show more- Calefacient 1. (noun) Anything that warms. 2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to…
- CDNA Complementary DNA. cDNA is single-stranded DNA made in the laboratory from a messenger RNA template under the…
- Yeast rash A slightly raised pink-to-red rash caused by proliferation of yeast, usually in a moist area such as the…
- Pathy A suffix derived from the Greek 'pathos' meaning 'suffering or disease' that serves as a suffix in many terms…
- Medial meniscus of the knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The medial meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Paralysis, facial nerve Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- Surgery, off-pump See: Off-pump surgery
- Rice rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- RNAi Abbreviation for RNA interference. See RNA interference
- American Psychiatric Association A medical specialty society with over 35,000 US and international member physicians who 'work together to…
- Anorexigenic Causing anorexia (loss of appetite) as, for example, an anorexigenic drug
- Vitiligo Vitiligo: Pronounced vit-uh-LIE- go. A condition in which the skin turns white due to the loss of…