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Edema, hereditary angioneurotic
Edema, hereditary angioneurotic: A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born lacking an inhibitor protein (called C1 esterase inhibitor) that normally prevents activation of…
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Show more- Corrigan pulse A pulse that is full and then suddenly collapses. Named for the Irish physician Dominic John Corrigan…
- Xeric Characterized by a scanty supply of moisture (or tolerating or adapted to dry conditions). The word 'xeric'…
- Retinal artery, central The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Drug, antiviral An agent that kills viruses or suppresses their replication and, hence, inhibits their capability to multiply…
- Functional scoliosis A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- H. floresiensis See: Homo floresiensis
- Quinquagenarian Someone in his or her fifties. See also: Age by decade
- Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis An inherited predisposition to colorectal cancer characterized by fewer than 100 adenomatous polyps in the…
- Anal atresia Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Aristotle Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher and scientist. The son of a physician, Aristotle was a…
- Endovaginal ultrasound This type of imaging test is a special form of ultrasound developed to examine the pelvic organs and is the…
- Dilation The process of enlargement, stretching, or expansion. The word 'dilatation' means the same thing. Both come…