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- Stool occult blood test A test to see whether there is blood in the bowel movement. Also called a fecal occult blood test: A test to…
- Qualm 1. Sickness, disease, pestilence, or death. As in 'A thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [not dead of…
- UROD deficiency Lack of the enzyme uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase (UROD) which is the basic cause of porphyria cutanea tarda…
- Heart failure Heart failure: Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure of the…
- Zolpidem Zolpidem: Brand name: Ambien. A sedative hypnotic drug in a class closely related the benzodiazepines…
- Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo Hydrocephalus ex-vacuo: What is termed 'hydrocephalus ex-vacuo' occurs when there is damage to the brain…
- Deficiency, lactase Not enough of an enzyme called lactase in the small intestine to digest lactose, a prominent component of…
- Late infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- DM2 Myotonic dystrophy type 2. See also: Myotonic dystrophy
- D (domain) Abbreviation for domain, a discrete portion of a protein with its own function. The combination of domains in…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.