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Renal Fanconi syndrome
Failure of the tubules in the kidney to reabsorb small molecules, causing increased urinary loss of electrolytes (sodium, potassium, bicarbonate), minerals, glucose, amino acids, and water. These losses results in polyuria (excessive…
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Show more- Locomotion Movement from one place to another. And the ability to locomote, to get from one place to the next. The…
- Exacerbate To make worse. For example, smoking may exacerbate systemic lupus erythematosus
- RTT (Rett syndrome) See Rett syndrome
- Palpable Something that can be felt or touched. For example, a palpable tumor is one that can be felt. From the Latin…
- Hygiene The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of…
- Hyperchloremia Elevated blood levels of chloride. Chloride is the major anion found in the fluid outside of cells and in…
- Chasing the dragon A practice of heroin use involving heating heroin and then inhaling it. Some heroin users have gone to this…
- Hemoglobin A Normal adult hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin after infancy. The A stands for Adult
- EMG syndrome The exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism syndrome. See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Shingles pain Shingles pain: Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles. When such pain persists beyond one…
- Nasogastric Referring to the passage from the nose to the stomach. A nasogastric tube is one that is passed through the…
- Stem cell harvest The taking of stem cells for use in cancer or other treatment. Usually these cells are taken from the…