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Show more- Gram-positive Gram-positive bacteria retain the color of the crystal violet stain in the Gram stain. This is characteristic…
- Chronic fatigue syndrome See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
- D and C Stands for dilatation and curettage. This is a very common gynecologic procedure in which the cervix of the…
- Atrophy Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also…
- Drugs, teratogenic A teratogen is an agent that can disturb the development of the embryo or fetus. Teratogens halt the…
- Adenosine thallium scan A method of examining the heart to obtain information about the blood supply to the heart muscle. Special…
- Magnetic-targeted carrier A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses Maimonides. Like…
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- IMRT Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Tube, endotracheal A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then inserted down into the trachea (the airway). The…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.