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Antigen, prostate specific
See: PSA
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- Pleurae Pleural of pleura (the thin covering that protects and cushions the lungs)
- Clinical 1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test…
- Breast augmentation Breast augmentation: Enlargement of the breasts. Augmentation of the breast typically consists of insertion…
- Medication, generic Drugs that act as blood vessel dilator (vasodilators) and open vessels by relaxing their muscular walls). For…
- Giant hypertrophy of gastric mucosa See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Hecht's pneumonia Pneumonia: Also known as giant cell pneumonia, this is a deadly but fortunately rare complication of measles…
- Prenatal diagnosis Diagnosis before birth. Methods for prenatal diagnosis include ultrasound of the uterus, placenta, and/or…
- LKS 1. Lower lid (of the eye). 2. Lower limit. The recommended LL for potassium intake is 4.7 grams per day for…
- MAM Menstrually associated migraine. See: Menstrual migraine
- SEER program The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), an…
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…