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Alkaline phosphatase
An enzyme made in the liver, bone, and the placenta and normally present in high concentrations in growing bone and in bile. Alkaline phosphatase is released into the blood during injury and during such normal activities as bone growth and…
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- Morton's foot See: Morton's neuroma
- Granulocytopenia A marked decrease in the number of granulocytes. Granulocytes are a type of white blood cell filled with…
- Nanny-cam See: Nanny cam
- Macrognathia An abnormally large jaw. This condition is associated with pituitary gigantism, tumors, and other disorders…
- Radiation therapy, stereotactic The use of a number of precisely aimed beams of ionizing radiation, each coming from different directions and…
- Clotbuster An informal term for a drug that can dissolve a clot. See: Thrombolytic agent
- Protein-losing enteropathy A condition in which there is excessive loss of plasma protein into the intestine. Protein-losing enteropathy…
- Sub- Prefix meaning meaning under, below, less than normal, secondary, less than fully. As in subacute, subaortic…
- Pancreatitis, acute See: Acute pancreatitis
- Membranous glomerulonephritis See: Membranous nephropathy
- Semiallogeneic Sharing some but not all genes, as in parent-child relationships. Individuals are allogeneic when their genes…