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Diagnostic mammogram
An X-ray of the breast done to evaluate: > >Abnormalities seen or suspected on a prior screening mammogram; >Subjective or objectives abnormalities in the breast such as a lump, pain, thickening, nipple discharge or a inexplicable change…
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- Son 1. Principally, a male offspring. 2. Also a male adopted child. 3. A term of address for a male. From the Old…
- Facial nerve paralysis Loss of voluntary movement of the muscles on one side of the face due to abnormal function of the facial…
- Tobacco smoke, environmental Abbreviated ETS. See: ETS.
- Pulseless disease Takayasu disease. Called pulseless disease because inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) can lead to…
- Epithelial carcinoma Cancer that begins in the cells that line an organ.
- NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1) See: Neurofibromatosis type 1
- Taeniasis Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located…
- Alopecia, traumatic Hair loss caused by injury to the scalp. Traumatic alopecia is usually caused by grooming methods that…
- GM2-gangliosidosis, B variant This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in…
- Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia Leukemia: Abbreviated JMML. A rare cancer of the myeloid cells in the bone marrow, accounting for less than…
- Mustard (Arabidopsis thaliana) genome All of the genetic information contained in Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant belonging to the mustard family…