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Of (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and conduct research and research training on the normal structure and function of the nervous system and on the causes, prevention…
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- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy: A procedure in which a long flexible viewing tube (a colonoscope) is threaded up through the…
- MPO Myeloperoxidase
- Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase The enzyme encoded in the HGD gene. Mutation of HGD causes the genetic disease alkaptonuria. Homogentisate…
- Palpitations Palpitations: Unpleasant sensations of irregular and/or forceful beating of the heart. In some patients with…
- Hippocratic Oath One of the oldest binding documents in history, the Oath written by Hippocrates is still held sacred by…
- Monocyte A white blood cell that has a single nucleus and can ingest (take in) foreign material. (In other words, a…
- Craniology The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the skull (cranium). Also known as phrenology, it…
- Dual energy X-ray absorptometry Abbreviated DEXA. See: DXA
- Sensitivity, analytic See: Analytic sensitivity
- Hiatus An opening, as in the diaphragm. When there is an unusually wide opening in the diaphragm, there can be a…