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SCID
Severe combined immunodeficiency disease
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- Lauterbur, Paul C. American scientist (1929-) who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Sir Peter…
- Sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands…
- Tumor, malignant giant cell A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone…
- Trismus Inability to open the mouth fully. This may be due to spasm of the jaw muscles and be a symptom of tetanus…
- Nerve, trigeminal This nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and as the motor nerve controlling the…
- Nerve palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Acetoacetate A molecular ion, CH3COCH2COO-, derived from acetoacetic acid
- Neophobia Fear of anything new, of innovation, an irrational fear of new situations, places, or things. In animal…
- Synesthesia A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with…
- Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act T: See: HIPAA
- Immunization, hepatitis B Hepatitis B (hep B) vaccine gives prolonged protection, but 3 shots over a half year are usually required. In…