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Factor V
A coagulation factor needed for the normal clotting of blood. Also known as proaccelerin
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- Pain, knee Causes of knee pain include injury, degeneration, arthritis, infrequently infection and rarely bone tumors.
- Corneal Pertaining to the cornea, the clear front window of the eye that transmits and focuses light into the eye
- Large intestine Comes after the small intestine. Large because it is wider than the small intestine
- Mononeuropathy A disorder of a single nerve or nerve trunk. Mononeuropathies may be due to entrapment, compression, stretch…
- Aortic stenosis Aortic stenosis: Narrowing (stenosis) of the heart valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the…
- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- Arthr- See: Arthro-
- Disease, black lung See: Black lung disease
- Proline An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary nonessential amino acid, proline is a…
- Iodine excess Just as too little iodine can cause thyroid disease, so may prolonged intake of too much iodine also lead to…
- Jawbone 1. As a noun, a bone of the jaw, particularly the mandible.2. As a verb, to try and influence with words…