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Test, pharmacologic stress
There are a diversity of pharmacologic stress tests. Here this refers specifically to a pharmacologic cardiac stress test in which certain medications are administered that stimulate the heart to mimic the physiologic effects of exercise…
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Show more- Argyria Silver poisoning resulting in ashen gray discolored skin (and other tissues of the body). Due to long-term…
- Breast cancer, familial A number of factors have been identified that increase the risk of breast cancer. One of the strongest of…
- STI Abbreviation for: 1. Sexually transmitted infection. 2. Soft tissue infection. 3. Systolic time interval
- Histiocytosis, lipid A form of histiocytosis that affects lipid (fat) storage. Also known as Niemann- Pick disease…
- Medical school, first American See: First American medical school
- Quadriceps stretch An exercise to stretch the quadriceps muscle, the large muscle in the front of the thigh. To do this…
- Test, rapid strep A diagnostic test commonly used to demonstrate whether streptococcus bacteria ('strep') are present in the…
- ALOX5AP Arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase-activating protein. See: FLAP
- Sense of smell See Olfaction
- Immunocompetent Able to develop an immune response. Able to recognize antigens and respond to them. The opposite of…
- Intravenous immunoglobulin A sterile solution of concentrated antibodies extracted from healthy people that is given straight into a…
- Neuroblastoma Neuroblastoma: A leading childhood form of cancer that arises in the adrenal gland or in tissue in the…