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Paraesthesia
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- Antiinfective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…
- Patellofemoral joint One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Amelanotic Without melanin. A skin lesion that is amelanotic lacks the pigment melanin and therefore is essentially…
- Voice disorder One of a group of problems involving abnormal pitch, loudness, or quality of the sounds produced by the…
- Carcinoid tumor A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Carcinoid tumor is also called an…
- Obesity, exogenous Overweight caused by consuming more food than the person's activity level warrants, leading to increased fat…
- Peripheral vision Side vision. The ability to see objects and movement outside of the direct line of vision. Peripheral vision…
- Prealbumin One of several plasma proteins such as transthyretin that migrate faster than albumin in an acidic starch gel
- AV (atrioventricular) AV is the standard medical abbreviation for atrioventricular, a combination that means pertaining to the…
- Right heart The heart is composed functionally of two hearts - the right heart and the left heart. The right heart…