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Arrhythmias, slow
Abnormally slow heart rhythms, medically termed bradycardia
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- Gene, housekeeping See: Housekeeping gene
- GOLD-2 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Remedy Something that consistently helps treat or cure a disease. From the Latin 'remedium' meaning that which heals…
- Appendiceal perforation Rupture of appendix
- Mitral prolapse Drooping down or abnormal bulging of the mitral valve cusps during the contraction of the heart.
- Medical-school syndrome See: Medical school syndrome
- Elastase 2 Neutrophil elastase, an enzyme in neutrophils that digests elastin. The gene ELA2 encoding elastase 2 is on…
- Cyst A cyst is an abnormal, closed sac-like structure within a tissue that contains a liquid, gaseous, or…
- Trench fever Fever: A disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in the trenches of World War I, when it is…
- Ductular hypoplasia, syndromatic hepatic Also called Alagille syndrome or arteriohepatic dysplasia, this is a genetic disorder characterized by…