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Progesterone receptor test
A laboratory test to determine if breast cancer cells have progesterone receptors on their surface. If the cells have progesterone receptors, they may depend on progesterone for growth and will usually respond to hormonal therapy. Breast…
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Show more- Runx-1 A protein that is a transcription factor controlling when genes are switched on or off. Runx-1 acts by…
- Onychoosteodysplasia This is the nail-patella syndrome, an hereditary condition characterized by abnormally formed (dysplastic) or…
- Injury, hangman (Hangman's fracture) Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…
- Osteotomy, cuneiform Surgical removal of a triangular piece of bone
- Unassisted childbirth Birth of a baby without the assistance of an obstetrician, midwife, or other health professional. This may be…
- Fasciolopsis buski The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis
- Hedonophobia An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure. Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias…
- Upregulation An increase in the number of receptors on the surface of target cells, making the cells more sensitive to a…
- Bone, giant cell tumor of A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most…
- Muscle, abductor Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of…
- Clade Related organisms descended from a common ancestor. For example, isolate M of HIV-1 (the human…
- Quaque (on prescription) If a medicine is to be taken every so- many hours, it is written 'q_h'; the 'q' standing for the Latin word…