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Embryonal carcinoma
A malignant germ cell tumor that occurs most often in the testes and accounts for about 40% of testicular tumors. Under the microscope, these tumors may resemble tissues of early embryos. This type of tumor can grow rapidly and spread…
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- Tubular vision A centrally constricted field of vision that is like what you can see through a tube. Also called tunnel…
- Lysergic acid diethylamide Better known as LSD. (LSD is the abbreviation for the German name for the drug: Lysergsaure-Diathylamid.)…
- Amuck See: Amok
- Paul C. Lauterbur See: Lauterbur, Paul C.
- Journals, medical In 1665 the Royal Society in England published one of the first 2 scientific journals in the world: the…
- Disease, Legg-Perthes See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Cancer, Hodgkin disease (adult) Hodgkin disease (adult): A type of lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). The most common symptom of…
- Syndrome, congenital central hypoventilation See: Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome
- Poland syndrome Poland syndrome: A developmental disorder of the chest wall involving a unique pattern of one-sided…
- Antiretroviral An agent or process effective against a retrovirus. For example, a drug to treat HIV
- Microtubule motor See: Microtubule motor protein