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Anti-citrulline antibody
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- Ankle pain Pain in the ankle, a 'hinged' joint. Ankle pain is commonly due to a sprain or tendinitis. The severity of…
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma
- Sexual child abuse Child abuse: Child abuse comprises four basic types of mistreatment: child neglect, physical abuse of a…
- Scorbutic Pertaining to scurvy (scorbutus) or affected by it
- Brachmann-de Lange syndrome See: de Lange syndrome
- First cranial nerve The olfactory nerve, the nerve that permits the sense of smell. See: Olfactory nerve
- Rice genome The first commercially important plant to have its genome sequenced. This feat, completed early in 2001, is…
- Visual field The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward, including that which is seen with…
- Red blood cell The blood cell that carries oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…
- OAE Acoustic emission test) : OAE is an abbreviation for 'otoacoustic emission test' which measures an acoustic…
- Pneumatic larynx A device that uses air to produce sound, helping a person whose larynx has been removed to talk