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Show more- KUB Kidney, ureter, and bladder
- Reduviid bug A winged insect. Reduviids include kissing bugs which transmit Chagas disease. See: Chagas disease
- Plano- Flat. A lens that is planoconvex is flat on one side and convex on the other
- Ceruloplasmin deficiency Lack of the protein ceruloplasmin from the blood and accumulation of iron in the pancreas, liver and brain…
- Nitrosoureas A group of cancer drugs called alkylating agents because they act by the process of alkylation to inhibit DNA…
- Cup, optic The white, cup-like area in the center of the optic disc. The optic disk is the circular area at the back of…
- Larynx The larynx is the portion of the breathing, or respiratory, tract containing the vocal cords which produce…
- PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder. (The abbreviation PTSD has rapidly gained in popularity because saying…
- Post-polio muscular atrophy (PPMA) Belated muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Triphalangeal Having three phalanges in a digit normally composed of only two
- ACOG (Amer College of Ob & Gyn) ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists): The American College of Obstetricians and…
- DNA, mitochondrial Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the DNA of the mitochondrion, a structure situated in the cytoplasm of the cell…