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Lamin A
Abbreviated LMNA. A gene on chromosome 1 that encodes a protein which is a key component of the membrane surrounding the cell nucleus. Mutations in the LMNA gene are responsible for a number of genetic disorders including: > >Progeria…
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- Quaque die (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, qd (or, written with periods, q.d.) means one a day (from the Latin quaque die). The…
- Step therapy The practice of beginning drug therapy for a medical condition with the most cost-effective and safest drug…
- Endotherm An endotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Burkitt's lymphoma See: Burkitt lymphoma
- LAC encephalitis LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Melanoma, malignant See: Melanoma
- Roentgenology Radiology, the science of radiation and, specifically, the use of both ionizing (like X-ray) and nonionizing…
- Transverse fracture A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone. NTER>
- Central line A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Newborn test, Brazelton A widely used test of the newborn baby as to their neurologic status and developmental progress. The…