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Myocyte, cardiac
See: Cardiac myocyte
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- Cardiomyopathy Disease of the heart muscle (the myocardium). From the Greek roots: 'cardio-', heart + 'mys', muscle +…
- Leukocyte,eosinophilic See: Eosinophil
- Rat, rice See: Rice rat
- LCHAD deficiency Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality of…
- Syndrome, TAR TAR stands for Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets) and Aplasia (absence) of the Radius (the long bone on…
- Brissaud's infantilism An eponym that is little used (in the USA) for hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that…
- SEER program The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), an…
- Fungi Plural of fungus
- Papillomavirus, human Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.
- Silent stroke Stroke: Small strokes that do not cause any symptoms. Silent strokes still damage brain tissue. The most…