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CT, Ultrafast
Electron beam computerized tomography (EBCT), a new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of coronary artery disease (CAD). Ultrafast computerized tomography (CT) is designed to measure calcium deposits in the coronary…
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Show more- WM Abbreviation for 'white male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Enzyme defect A disorder resulting from a deficiency (or functional abnormality) of an enzyme. In 1902 Archibald Garrod…
- Microphallus An abnormally small penis. Also called micropenis. In medical practice, the dimension of the penis that is…
- Colon polyp family history See: Colon cancer family history
- Clone Literally a fragment, the word in modern medical science has come to mean a replica, for example, of a group…
- Menopause, surgical Menopause, surgical: Surgical menopause is, not unexpectedly, menopause induced by surgery. Surgical…
- Dyslipidemia A disorder of lipoprotein metabolism, including lipoprotein overproduction or deficiency. Dyslipidemias may…
- Caveola An tiny pit, grotto, depression, incupping in the surface of a cell. The name 'caveola' means little cave…
- Consumption An old and once common term for wasting away of the body, particularly from pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)…
- VAQTA See: Varus.
- Chart, Snellen's The familiar eye chart used to measure how well you see at various distances. Snellen's chart is imprinted…
- Typhus, endemic See Typhus, murine