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Basophilic leukocyte
See: Basophil
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- Dyspraxia Impaired or painful function of any organ of the body
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- Urticaria pigmentosa The most common form of mastocytosis consisting of small aggregations of mast cells within characteristic…
- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…
- A- Prefix very much employed in medicine and all of the health sciences, indicating 'not, without, -less' as…
- Syncope The temporary loss of consciousness upon coughing. Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness or, in…
- Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) 'Russia's most famous physician' and greatest dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov graduated from…
- Chondrodystrophic myotonia See: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Diarrhea, Brainerd A syndrome characterized by the acute onset of watery nonbloody diarrhea (3 or more loose stools per day)…
- Lineage, cell See: Cell lineage
- Tarsus, bony See: Bony tarsus