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Progesterone receptor test
A laboratory test to determine if breast cancer cells have progesterone receptors on their surface. If the cells have progesterone receptors, they may depend on progesterone for growth and will usually respond to hormonal therapy. Breast…
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- Span, memory The number of items, usually words or numbers, that a person can retain and recall. Memory span is a test of…
- Polish disease Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the…
- Recreational water illness An illness that is spread by swallowing, breathing, or having contact with contaminated water from swimming…
- Hypertonic solution A solution with a higher salt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood. As opposed to an…
- Norwegian scabies See crusted scabies
- LFCN Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. See also: Meralgia paresthetica
- Pump-oxygenator A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Chylomicron A small fat globule composed of protein and lipid (fat). Chylomicrons are found in the blood and lymphatic…
- Familial cylindromatosis A genetic syndrome in which numerous benign tumors of skin adnexa (such as the sweat glands) develop…
- Circumflex Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example…
- Libido 1. Sexual drive. 2. In psychoanalysis, the psychic energy from all instinctive biological drives. Libido in…