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- Insufficiency, pulmonary See: Pulmonary insufficiency
- Four-finger crease See: Simian crease
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Calcium channel blocker A drug that blocks the entry of calcium into the muscle cells of the heart and the arteries. It is the entry…
- Euphoria Elevated mood. Euphoria is a desirable and natural occurrence when it results from happy or exciting events…
- HCM Abbreviation for hematocrit. The hematocrit is the proportion, by volume, of the blood that consists of red…
- Lactic acidosis Acidosis (too much acid in the body) due to the buildup of lactic acid in the body. Lactic acidois occurs…
- Bone, endochondral Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…
- Lassa virus The deadly cause of Lassa fever. Lassa virus is a virulent and highly transmissible RNA virus that belongs to…
- Thymus A lymphoid organ situated in the center of the upper chest just behind the sternum (breastbone). It is in the…