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Shots, allergy
Known medically as allergy desensitization or allergy immunotherapy, the injections are designed to stimulate the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is allergic, the aim being to modify or…
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- Obtund To dull or blunt. From the Latin obtundere, to blunt
- Giant platelet syndrome Nard-Soulier syndrome): This condition is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the…
- Anaplasmosis A tick-borne disease of cattle, sheep, and related ruminants caused by a microorganism called Anaplasma…
- Chorionic villus sampling Chorionic villus sampling: A procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Chorionic villus sampling may…
- Catheter, pulmonary artery A light flexible balloon-tipped tube that is introduced into the pulmonary artery (the artery from the right…
- Dystocia, placental See: Placental dystocia
- Fracture, basilar A break in bone at the base of the skull. About a half of basilar fractures are caused by bicycle or motor…
- I(17q) Symbol for: Isochromosome 17q
- Ketone body A chemicals that the body makes when there is not enough insulin in the blood and it must break down fat…
- Reverse transcriptase The enzyme that permits the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other retroviruses to use their viral RNA…