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Overload, iron
Iron overload can damage the heart, liver, gonads and other organs. Iron overload is a particular risk for: > >People with certain genetic conditions such as hemochromatosis; and >People receiving repeated blood transfusions. According to…
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- Peccant Unhealthy. Causing illness or disease. Peccant is one of those rarely used but apt words. The behaviors --…
- Library, cDNA A collection of DNA sequences generated from mRNA (messenger RNA) sequences. This type of DNA library…
- Vaccination, yellow fever A live attenuated (weakened) viral vaccine that is recommended for people traveling to or living in tropical…
- Dyslexia Dyslexia: A specific reading disability due to a defect in the brain's processing of graphic symbols…
- Bernard-Horner syndrome See: Horner syndrome
- Periphery 1. The outside or surface of a structure; the portion outside the central region. 2. The circumference of a…
- Abstemious Marked by restraint, especially in the consumption of food or alcohol. From the Latin prefix 'abs-,' meaning…
- Ferrocalcinosis, cerebrovascular A condition that was first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and is therefore sometimes called Fahr syndrome, this…
- Intractable Unstoppable. For example, intractable diarrhea or intractable pain.
- Blood clots, estrogen-associated >esterified estrogens >esterified estrogens and methyltestosterone >estradiol >estrogens (conjugated) and…
- Vaccinia immune globulin A blood product rich in antibodies against vaccinia, the virus in the smallpox vaccine. Vaccinia immune…