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Lymphoma, indolent
See: Indolent lymphoma
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Show more- Frigidity Failure of a female to respond to sexual stimulus; aversion on the part of a woman to sexual intercourse…
- Thyroid A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
- Commotio cordis Sudden cardiac arrest from a blunt, nonpenetrating blow to the chest. The basis of the cardiac arrest is…
- X, factor A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X…
- Analgesic drug A drug designed to control pain. Analgesic comes from the Greek an-, without + algesis, sense of pain =…
- Macular Pertaining to the macula. A macula is a small spot. A macula on the skin is a small flat spot while the…
- Scorbutic Pertaining to scurvy (scorbutus) or affected by it
- Allergy, honey bee See: Honey bee allergy
- Repair, DNA The body has a series of special enzymes that repair mutations (changes) in the DNA and restore the DNA to…
- Fibroma, cemento-ossifying Fibroma, cemento-ossifying: A hard fibrous lesion that continues to grow, sometimes to very large size…
- Hiatus hernia Tal hernia): An anatomical abnormality in which part of the stomach protrudes up through the diaphragm into…
- HHS Acronym for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also known as DHHS. The U.S. Department of…