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Lytic
Suffix having to do with lysis (destruction), as in hemolytic anemia, the excessive destruction of red blood cells leading to anemia
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- B. coli The protozoan parasite Balantidium coli. See: Balantidium
- Renal aneurysm An aneurysm involving the kidney
- Receptor, visual The layer of rods and cones, the visual cells, of the retina
- Hemihypertrophy Asymmetric overgrowth (hypertrophy) of the skull, face, trunk, limbs, and/or digits, with or without visceral…
- Kirklin See: Kirklin, John W.
- Lipoma A benign fatty tumor.
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Blue baby A baby who is cyanotic (blue), due usually to a heart malformation that prevents the baby's blood from being…
- Marfan syndrome Marfan syndrome: An inherited disorder of connective tissue characterized by abnormalities of the eyes…
- Influenza, Spanish See: Spanish flu