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FISH
Abbreviation for fluorescence in situ hybridization, a molecular technique used in chromosome studies. FISH employs fluorescent (fluorescein tags) that glow under ultraviolet light to detect the hybridization (the combination) of molecular…
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Show more- Deficiency, uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase See: UROD deficiency
- Menometrorrhagia Excessive uterine bleeding, both at the usual time of menstrual periods and at other irregular intervals…
- Tritium Hydrogen-3, an isotope of hydrogen. Tritium is a long-lived weak emitter of radiation and can be easily…
- Isochromosome An abnormal chromosome with two identical arms due to duplication of one arm and loss of the other arm…
- Bronchus One of the large air tubes leading from the trachea to the lungs that convey air to and from the lungs. The…
- Rapid plasma reagin test A screening blood test for syphilis. Rapid plasma reagin is commonly abbreviated RPR. A negative…
- Skin abscess A common boil, a collection of pus beneath the skin, which may need to be surgically lanced to let it drain…
- Abraham-man Also abram-man. One of a class of beggars who once wandered over England after the dissolution of the…
- Large saphenous vein The larger of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Dropsy An old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. In years gone by, a…
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Immunosuppression Suppression of the immune system. Immunosuppression may result from certain diseases such as AIDS or lymphoma…