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Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
Lung disease characterized by progressive difficulty breathing (dyspnea) and cough due to the accumulation of lipoprotein material within the alveoli that impairs ventilation. Lung biopsy is the gold standard for the diagnosis but may not…
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- Fever, Lassa See: Lassa fever
- Therapeutics In medicine, the branch that deals specifically with the treatment of disease and the art and science of…
- Gene silencing A mechanism by which cells shut down large sections of chromosomal DNA. Gene silencing is done by…
- Injury, scooter See: Scooter injury
- Glycobiology The study of molecules that contain carbohydrates, their structure and function, and the roles they play in…
- Aspiration pneumonia Pneumonia: Infection of the lungs due to aspiration (the sucking in of food particles or fluids into the…
- Telemedicine The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the…
- Morton's foot See: Morton's neuroma
- Aspergillosis Infection with the fungus Aspergillus, seen especially in people with a deficient immune system. The clinical…
- Insecticidal Capable of killing insects or controlling their growth
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…