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Sitosterolemia
A genetic disease involving lipids (fats) in which there is excessive intestinal absorption of dietary sterols and impaired clearance of these sterols from the liver into the bile. These sterols include cholesterol and the plant sterol…
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- Gareis-Mason syndrome An inherited (genetic) syndrome with characteristic features including (1) neurologically: mental retardation…
- Plasmapheresis A procedure designed to deplete the body of blood plasma (the liquid part of the blood) without depleting the…
- Suicide prevention Diminishing the risk of suicide. It may not be possible to eliminate entirely the risk of suicide but it is…
- Deficiency, selenium Lack of the essential mineral selenium, which can cause Keshan disease, a fatal form of cardiomyopathy…
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS. AIDS is a disease due to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Also referred to as…
- Rate, pulse The pulse rate is most often taken at the wrist. It measures the number of pulsations in the radial artery…
- Hygiene theory See: Hygiene hypothesis
- Vocal cord One of two small bands of muscle within the larynx. These muscles vibrate to produce the voice. The vocal…
- Tick typhus Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the…
- Second cranial nerve The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the…
- Fourth disease A disorder characterized by a rash due to a toxin produced by Staphylococcus aureus (Staph aureus bacteria)…