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Nonmelanoma skin cancer
Skin cancer that does not involve melanocytes. Basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer are nonmelanoma skin cancers
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- Infantile systemic hyalinosis A genetic disorder characterized at birth or soon afterwards by painful swollen joint contractures and red…
- Leukoreduction A process used to filter and remove white blood cells from whole blood before transfusion. The reason why…
- Efferent Carrying away. An artery is an efferent vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An efferent nerve carries…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIID Morquio syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylgalactosamine-6-sulfate sulfatase. See also…
- Public health school A school designed to teach public health and train public health professionals. The first school of public…
- Pelvis The lower part of the abdomen located between the hip bones
- Secretary's knee The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the commonest cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Cytometry, flow Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or…
- Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanosconiosis Allegedly, 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silicate or quartz dust.' The word was…
- Abdominal muscle deficiency syndrome Partial or complete absence of the abdominal muscles so that the outlines of the intestines are visible…