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Syndrome, Bernard-Soulier
Nt platelet syndrome): This is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls. As a result of this problem there is abnormal bleeding. Bernard-Soulier syndrome…
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- Human herpesvirus 3 See herpes zoster.
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- Angioplasty Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called…
- Metastasis 1. The process by which cancer spreads from the place at which it first arose as a primary tumor to distant…
- Bone marrow aspiration The removal of a small amount of bone marrow (usually from the hip) through a needle. The needle is placed…
- Fibroadenoma A benign growth in the breast that is solid, firm, smooth and usually painless or only slightly tender…
- Emetic Something that causes emesis, that makes you want to vomit. For example, ipecac is an emetic. From the Greek…
- Patau syndrome (trisomy 13 syndrome) A syndrome characterized by multiple malformations, commonly including scalp defects, hemangiomas (blood…
- Hidrotic Pertaining to hidrosis, sweating, the production of perspiration. Hidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is the form…
- Medicine, geriatric The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of disease in older people and…
- Xanthine A substance found in caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline and encountered in tea, coffee, and the colas…