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Urea breath test (UBT)
The urea breath test (UBT) is a procedure for diagnosing the presence of a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) that causes inflammation, ulcers, and atrophy of the stomach. The test also may be used to demonstrate that H. pylori has…
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Show more- Velocardiofacial syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by cleft palate, heart defects, abnormal facial structure…
- Electrodesiccation Use of an electric current to destroy cancerous tissue and control bleeding
- Incompetent cervix A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to keep the fetus up in the uterus and…
- Caries Dental cavities. Holes in the two outer layers of a tooth called the enamel and the dentin. The enamel is the…
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome See: Yeast genome
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Enzyme replacement A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the…
- Congenital torticollis A deformity of the neck that is evident at birth. It is due to shortening of the neck muscles. Congenital…
- Moyamoya A pattern of progressive obstructive and occlusive cerebral arteritis (inflammation of the cerebral arteries…
- Kaposi sarcoma Sarcoma: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or, especially, those…
- Chikungunya An urban disease resembling dengue fever, seen mainly in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Southeast Asia…
- Kinetics Kinetics (with an 's' at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the…