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Anti-CCP
See: Citrulline antibody
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- Explicit memory Memory in which there is a need for conscious recollection in order to recall something. By contrast, in…
- Dizygotic twin A twins who have shared a common uterine environment with its twin but is due to a different fertilized ovum…
- Immunization, serum hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis B
- Essential vulvodynia A chronic, diffuse, unremitting sensation of burning of the vulva -- (the female external genital organs…
- Generalized anxiety disorder Abbreviated GAD. A condition characterized by 6 months or more of chronic, exaggerated worry and tension that…
- Follicular cyst of the ovary A fluid-filled sac in the ovary, the most common type of ovarian cyst. It results from the growth of a…
- Burning mouth syndrome An intense burning sensation on the tongue, often at the tip of the tongue. The burning mouth syndrome tends…
- Palliation To palliate a disease is to treat it partially and insofar as possible, but not cure it completely…
- Dilatation The process of enlargement or expansion. For example, dilatation of the eye is the process by which the pupil…