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Allergic granulomatous angiitis
See: Churg-Strauss syndrome
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- Living donor liver transplantation An option for patients who need a liver transplant. In this procedure, a healthy person (usually a family…
- Muscle, infraspinatus >The infraspinatus muscle; >The teres minor muscle, which (like the infraspinatus muscle) helps in the…
- Body dysmorphic disorder Body dysmorphic disorder: A psychiatric disorder characterized by excessive preoccupation with imagined…
- Cloning, DNA The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA
- Clinical trials Clinical trials: Trials to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of medications or medical devices by…
- Psychological child abuse Child abuse: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child…
- Herbal remedy A medication prepared from plants, including most of the world's traditional remedies for disease. Most…
- Magnesia Named after a town in present day Turkey where an ore containing magnesium carbonate was mined. Milk of…
- Cancer, multiple myeloma A bone marrow cancer involving a type of white blood cell called a plasma (or myeloma) cell. The tumor cells…
- Lethal Deadly, fatal, capable of causing death, death-dealing. The word 'lethal' comes from the Latin 'letum'…
- Aminotransferase An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an amino group from a donor molecule to a recipient molecule. The…