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- HCV PCR genotype test See: HCV PCR
- Disease, Refsum See Refsum disease
- Para Any woman who has given birth once or more is termed a 'para.' Note that, for a pregnancy to count as a…
- Hydatid disease, alveolar A tumor that forms in the uterus as a mass of cysts resembling a bunch of grapes. Moles occur during the…
- Gorlin syndrome II Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and…
- Cannonball pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- ACE inhibitors ACE inhibitors: A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation…
- Duodenum The first part of the small intestine. The duodenum extends from the pylorus at the bottom of the stomach to…
- Cluster headache Headache: A distinctive syndrome of headaches, also known as migrainous neuralgia. There are two main…
- Neonatal Pertaining to the newborn period which, by convention, is the first four weeks after birth.