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Toxic goiter, diffuse
Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with generalized diffuse overactivity ('toxicity') of the entire thyroid gland which becomes enlarged into a goiter. There are three clinical…
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- Surgical menopause Menopause: Menopause induced by surgery. Surgical menopause is a type of induced menopause: menopause due to…
- Adjuvant chemotherapy Chemotherapy given after tumor surgery. The idea underpinning adjuvant chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy…
- Human immunodeficiency virus Human immunodeficiency virus: HIV, the cause of AIDS. HIV has also been called the human lymphotropic virus…
- Heebie-jeebies Extreme nervousness. A term coined by the America cartoonist Billy DeBeck (1890-1942) in his comic strip…
- Nonblinded study A clinical trial or other experiment in which the researchers know what treatments are being given to each…
- Transfusion The transfer of blood or blood products from one person (the donor) into another person (the recipient's)…
- Delta cell, pancreatic A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Gene markers Detectable genetic traits or distinctive segments of DNA that serve as landmarks for a target gene. Markers…
- Immunosuppressant An agent that can suppress or prevent the immune response. Immunosuppressants are used to prevent rejection…
- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Quadriceps reflex See: Knee jerk