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BI): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NHLBI's mission is to 'provide leadership for a national research program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood and in transfusion medicine through support…
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- Care, preoperative See: Preoperative care
- Arteriosclerosis Hardening and thickening of the walls of the arteries. Arteriosclerosis can occur because of fatty deposits…
- Coma Coma: A state of deep unarousable unconsciousness. Coma may occur as the result of numerous causes including…
- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- Bannayan syndrome A genetic disease characterized by macrocephaly (enlarged head), multiple lipomas (benign fatty tumors) and…
- Gastropathy, hypertrophic hypoproteinemic See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- DNA sequence, finished A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- Tilt-table test Tilt-table test: Tilt-table testing involves placing the patient on a table with a foot-support. The table is…
- Teratogen Any agent that can disturb the development of an embryo or fetus. Teratogens may cause a birth defect in the…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta type 2 An inherited connective tissue disorder with extremely severe bone fragility. This is the lethal form of…
- Psoas Muscles of the lower back (the loin). There are two psoas muscles on each side of the back. The larger of the…