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Chordoma
A form of bone cancer that usually starts in the lower spinal column
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- Cardiopathy Heart disease. A nonspecific term applicable to any and all diseases of the heart. From cardio- + the Greek…
- Acute-phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
- Scoliosis, idiopathic A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Telemedicine The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the…
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica A condition associated with hyperparathyroidism in which bone tissue is gradually replaced by cysts and fibers
- Fasciolopsis The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis.
- DNA virus A virus in which the genetic material is DNA rather than RNA. The DNA may be either double- or…
- Shunt, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…