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The most complete online medical dictionary: 16,436 terms covering anatomy, physiology, pathologies, diagnostic exams, pharmacology and every clinical specialty.
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CCR5
A chemokine receptor found on monocytes and lymphocytes that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains that use this coreceptor are referred to as R5 viruses. Polymorphisms in the coding and non-coding regions of the CCR5 gene…
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- Peeping tom Eurism): Peeping tom (voyeurism) is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an…
- Approved drug A medication approved for marketing. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must approve a…
- Bag, air A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Lability The state or quality of being labile: susceptible to change, error or instability. From the Latin labilis…
- Steppage gait A manner of walking in which the advancing foot is lifted high so that the toes clear the ground. Steppage…
- Microcystic corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- Iatromisia An intense dislike of doctors. From 'iatro-' indicating a relationship to a physician or medicine + the Greek…
- Poisoning, silver Silver poisoning, medically termed argyria, causes ashen gray discoloration of the skin (and other tissues of…
- NCRR Stands for National Center for Research Resources, one of the Centers of the National Institutes of Health…
- Seabather's itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Cell, B See B cell