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Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
A chronic low-grade (indolent) type of lymphoma due to a malignant clone of plasma cells. These plasma cells multiply out of control, invade the bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen, and characteristically produce huge amounts of a…
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- Hygieia The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of…
- Specificity 1. The quality of being specific as, for example, she showed the use of specificity in her diagnosis. 2. The…
- Candidiasis, oral Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by the fungus Candida albicans; also known as thrush. Yeast…
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing
- Acetate A molecular ion derived from acetic acid. The formula of acetate is CH3COO-
- Foramen, interventricular An opening between the lateral and third ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities within the…
- ECoG Electrocochleography
- Childbirth fever Fever due to an infection usually of the placental site within the uterus. The fever is also called childbed…
- Osteopetrosis Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the…
- Sociopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder