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Show more- Red cells Short for red blood cells, the oxygen/carbon dioxide carrying cells in blood. Also known acronymically as…
- Chloroacetophenone A riot control agent or 'tear gas.' See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Interphase The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the individual chromosomes cannot be…
- Anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Cooley's: Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The…
- Food Any substance eaten to provide nutritional support for the body
- Bacterial prostatitis, acute Prostatitis, acute: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection…
- Syphilis A sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum, a microscopic organism called a spirochete. This…
- Os Two Latin words used in medicine that have different meanings and pronunciations. 1. The mouth: a. The upper…
- Syndrome, autoimmune polyglandular (APS) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Cervix The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus (womb). The uterus, a hollow, pear-shaped organ, is…
- Salt In medicine, salt usually refers to sodium chloride, table salt, used for seasoning food, for the…
- Nil disease A form of kidney disease preferably called minimal change disease. See: Minimal change disease