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Acidosis
Too much acid in the body, a distinctly abnormal condition resulting from the accumulation of acid or from the depletion of alkaline reserves. In acidosis, the pH of the blood is abnormally low. Acidosis is associated with diabetic…
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Show more- Organotherapy The use of extracts of animal glands or organs to treat disease. Pituitary extracts from pigs, for example…
- Periosteoma A benign tumor arising from the periosteum, the dense membrane composed of fibrous connective tissue that…
- Nasopharynx The area of the upper throat that lies behind the nose. In contrast to the oropharynx, the area of the throat…
- Lauterbur See: Lauterbur, Paul C.
- Calcification The process of building bone by suffusing tissues with calcium salts. Also called ossification
- Peer review Scrutiny by one's peers (equals). Peer-reviewed articles appearing in medical journals have been scrutinized…
- Toxo (toxoplasmosis) Toxo (toxoplasmosis): An infection caused by a single-celled parasite named Toxoplasma gondii that may invade…
- German measles (historical note) In 1941 N. M. Gregg, an Australian ophthalmologist, recognized that infection of the mother with German…
- Cytotoxic Toxic to cells, cell-toxic, cell-killing. Any agent or process that kills cells. Chemotherapy and…
- Gastritis Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach. From the Latin gastricus meaning stomach + -itis, meaning…
- Vertebrae, thoracic The 12 thoracic vertebrae are situated between the cervical (neck) vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae. The…
- Sidney Goldring See: Goldring, Sidney