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High altitude pulmonary edema
High altitude pulmonary edema: Known for short as HAPE, the accumulation in the lungs of extravascular fluid (fluid outside of blood vessels) at high altitude, a consequence of rapid altitude ascent, especially when that ascent is…
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Show more- Test, syphilis (VDRL) A blood test for syphilis (VDRL stands for Venereal Disease Research Laboratory) that detects an antibody…
- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome The Gorlin syndrome
- Dystrophy, corneal See: Corneal dystrophy
- Rosacea Rosacea: A chronic skin disease that affects the middle third of the face with persistent redness over the…
- FFI Fatal familial insomnia
- Hyperosmolar In biochemistry, pertaining to an osmolar concentration of the body fluids that is abnormally increased. As…
- CpG In genetics, a site where cytosine (C) lies next to guanine (G) in the DNA sequence. (The p indicates that C…
- Joint, patellofemoral One of the knee joints. The knee has three parts. The thigh bone (femur) meets the large shin bone (tibia)…
- Obstruction, airway See: Airway obstruction
- Prophylactic cranial irradiation Radiation therapy to the head intended to prevent cancer from spreading (metastasizing) to the brain.
- Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma: A malignancy of plasma cells (a form of lymphocyte) that typically involves multiple sites…
- Hapten In immunology, a molecule that is incapable, alone, of causing the production of antibodies but which can do…