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Blood, urinary
Medically called hematuria, blood in the urine can be microscopic or gross. Evaluating hematuria requires consideration of the entire urinary tract. Tests used for the diagnosis of hematuria include the intravenous pyelogram (IVP)…
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Show more- Motor In medicine, having to do with the movement of a part of the body. Something that produces motion or refers…
- Headache, migraine See migraine headache.
- Anion gap A measurement of the interval between the sum of 'routinely measured' cations minus the sum of the 'routinely…
- Enediyne A very potent and naturally occurring antibiotic that acts by cleaving DNA. The adverse effects of enediynes…
- Eosinophilia, familial See: Familial eosinophilia
- Dissociation In psychology and psychiatry, a perceived detachment of the mind from the emotional state or even from the…
- Tuberculosis, avian A type of tuberculosis affecting birds, caused by Mycobacterium avium, which may be communicated to other…
- Colorblindness The inability to perceive colors in a normal fashion. The most common forms of colorblindness are inherited…
- Chyme A pre-digested, acidified mass of food that passes from the stomach into the small intestine
- Tinea barbae A superficial fungal infection of the skin, affecting the bearded area of the face and neck, with swellings…
- Infection, yeast Infection due to fungal organisms which have the characteristic of being single-celled, usually rounded and…
- Sirolimus A naturally occurring substance discovered in a soil sample from Easter Island. Sirolimus was initially…