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Popcorn worker's lung
A form of bronchiolitis obliterans, a severe obstructive lung disease, in workers who mix and package flavored microwave-popcorn or are involved in other flavoring manufacturing. In a typical case, a 40-year-old woman began work on a…
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Show more- Field, visual The entire area that can be seen when the eye is directed forward, including that which is seen with…
- Cherubism A genetic disorder of childhood that leads to prominence of the lower face and an appearance reminiscent of…
- Inhibitor, protease An agent that can keep a protease from working and splitting a protein into peptides. Protease inhibitors are…
- Efferent vessel A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole
- Binocularity The ability to focus upon an object with both eyes and create a single stereoscopic image. Binocularity…
- Dystocia, cervical See: Cervical dystocia
- Southern blot A test commonly used in molecular biology and genetics, the purpose of the test being to check for a match…
- Thromboembolism Formation in a blood vessel of a clot (thrombus) that breaks loose and is carried by the blood stream to plug…
- Headache, chronic daily See: Chronic daily headache
- Laboratory, Jackson The premiere place for mouse genetics and the largest mammalian genetic research facility in the world. Many…
- Asplenia The absence of a spleen or one that functions. (The spleen can be functionally destroyed, as occurs in…
- Venous aneurysm A local widening and bulging (an aneurysm) of a vein. As opposed to an arterial aneurysm or a cardiac…