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- CRAC1 Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1. Also called hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed…
- BCM Body cell mass
- Depression Depression: An illness that involves the body, mood, and thoughts, that affects the way a person eats and…
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia Leukemia: Abbreviated JMML. A rare cancer of the myeloid cells in the bone marrow, accounting for less than…
- Disease, Hansen See: Hansen disease
- Trigger Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease…
- Breast cancer Breast cancer: Breast cancer is diagnosed with self- and physician-examination of the breasts, mammography…
- BUN Blood urea nitrogen. A measure primarily of the urea level in blood. Urea is cleared by the kidney and…
- Gonadotropin, human chorionic See: Human chorionic gonadotropin
- Syndrome, Zollinger-Ellison A rare disorder caused by a tumor called a gastrinoma, most often occurring in the pancreas. The tumor…