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Peccant
Unhealthy. Causing illness or disease. Peccant is one of those rarely used but apt words. The behaviors -- overeating, underexercising, an unhealthy diet -- that underlie so much disease today are peccant behaviors. '...the subtile parts…
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Show more- Uterine cancer Uterine cancer: Cancer of the womb (the uterus). Also called endometrial cancer. Cancer of the uterus occurs…
- Myocyte, cardiac See: Cardiac myocyte
- Biochemistry The chemistry of biology, the application of the tools and concepts of chemistry to living systems…
- Death, black The black plague or the plague. In 14th century Europe, the victims of the 'black plague' had bleeding below…
- Inch In length, 1/12th of foot or 1/36 of a yard or, metrically, 2.54 centimeters. The inch, along with the foot…
- Methemoglobinemia The presence in the blood of methemoglobin, a form of hemoglobin that is useless for carrying oxygen and…
- Acute leukemia Leukemia: Cancer of the white blood cells (leukemia) that characteristically comes on abruptly and, if not…
- Ht Abbreviation for height (and also heart)
- Leukemia, myelogenous Condition in which the bone marrow makes too many white blood cells. Early symptoms include fatigue and night…
- Urological surgeon A physician who specializes in diseases of the urinary organs in females and the urinary tract and sex organs…
- Paraoxonase An enzyme associated with high-density lipoprotein (HDL) that is believed to protect against the oxidation of…
- Spherocytosis, hereditary (HS) A genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing)…