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Distal
The more (or most) distant of two (or more) things. For example, the distal end of the femur (the thigh bone) is the end down by the knee; the end more distant from the torso. The distal bile duct is the far end of the cystic duct, the end…
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Show more- Endopeptidase An enzyme that catalyzes the cleavage of peptide bonds within a polypeptide or protein. Peptidase refers to…
- Incontinence Inability to control excretions. Urinary incontinence is inability to keep urine in the bladder. Fecal…
- GM1 gangliosidosis A genetic lipid storage disorder that is similar in certain respects to Hurler syndrome and Tay-Sachs disease…
- Child abuse, sexual Child abuse, sexual: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of…
- Cluster In epidemiology, an aggregation of cases of a disease or another health-related condition, such as a cancer…
- Medication, anticoagulant A drug that is used as a 'blood-thinner' to prevent the formation of blood clots and to maintain open blood…
- Tamponade, cardiac A life-threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the…
- Melanoma Melanoma: The most dangerous form of skin cancer, a malignancy of the melanocyte, the cell that produces…
- Hemiplegia Paralysis of one side of the body. From hemi- (half) + plege (a blow, stroke)
- Disease-free survival See: Multiple sclerosis.
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa The versatile 'blue-green pus bacteria' that opportunistically infects people, especially those who are…
- HIV infection, acute The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…