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Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
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- Position, anatomical See: Anatomical position
- Anti-emetic See: Antiemetic
- Blalock-Taussig operation A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Mordant A substance capable of deepening the reaction to a stain (as in the pathology laboratory); incisive; burning…
- Implantation The act of setting in firmly. In embryology, implantation refers specifically to the attachment of the…
- Virus, Nipah A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain…
- Seroconversion Seroconversion: The development of detectable antibodies in the blood directed against an infectious agent…
- Sign Any objective evidence of disease. Gross blood in the stool is a sign of disease. It can be recognized by the…
- Factor, colony-stimulating Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a blood test for the…
- Nat'l Center for Complementary & Alternative Med. Ne: Abbreviated NCCAM. A part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), this center 'conducts and supports…