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Reflex, patellar
See: Knee jerk
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- Differential white cell count The proportions of the different types of white cells in the blood, usually split into the different types of…
- Poikiloderma atrophicans with cataract Better known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive…
- Leishmaniasis Leishmaniasis: Diseases due to the parasite called Leishmania involving the organs (kala-azar) or the skin…
- Screening, newborn hearing Testing of the newborn baby's ability to hear. Newborn screening of hearing is done with automated auditory…
- Cholera genome The genome of the bacterium called Vibrio cholerae that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million…
- Infection, acute HIV The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…
- Sensitivity 1. In psychology, the quality of being sensitive. As, for example, sensitivity training, training in small…
- Pregnancy, tubal An ectopic pregnancy that takes place in the Fallopian tube. Tubal pregnancies are due to the inability of…
- CT, Ultrafast Electron beam computerized tomography (EBCT), a new (and controversial) noninvasive test for the detection of…