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Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed test
A blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific antibodies directed against the organism (Treponema pallidum) responsible for syphilis. The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed…
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Show more- Papillomatosis, juvenile laryngeal Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths on the vocal cords in…
- Chapped lips >Do not lick or bite the lips. >Use a chapstick or lipstick on the lips before going outside. Reapply it…
- Ejaculation Ejection of sperm and seminal fluid
- Vaccination, anthrax A series of six shots over six months and booster shots annually, the anthrax vaccine now in use in the USA…
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Inheritance, mitochondrial The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Nurse, registered A nurse who has completed a two- to four-year degree program in nursing, and provides direct patient care for…
- Nature (journal) The name of a venerable British scientific journal that has over the past century or so published much of…
- Genetic anticipation A remarkable phenomenon in which a genetic disease appears earlier appearance and with increased from with…
- Dieldrix Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- A. baumannii Acinetobacter baumannii. See: Acinetobacter
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…