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Prenatal radiation exposure
The exposure of an unborn baby to radiation. Radiation exposure of the fetus can occur when the mother's abdomen is exposed to radiation from outside her body as, for example, by diagnostic X-rays. A pregnant woman may also be exposed to…
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Show more- Mutation, somatic See: Somatic mutation.
- Blood count The calculated number of white or red blood cells (WBCs or RBCs) in a cubic millimeter of blood
- Stone-mason's disease See: Silicosis
- Oxyuris A group of intestinal worms that includes pinworm.
- Cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic Heart disease. A nonspecific term applicable to any and all diseases of the heart. From cardio- + the Greek…
- Mastocytosis A condition characterized by infiltration of mast cells into the tissues of the body. Mast cells are…
- Acute bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The…
- CPEO Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia. Slowly progressive paralysis of certain eye muscles. See also…
- Disease, Ramsay Hunt See: Ramsay Hunt syndrome
- Leukemic reticuloendotheliosis See: Hairy cell leukemia
- Pancreatic beta cell A type of cell in the pancreas that makes insulin. The pancreas is a fish-shaped organ that stretches across…
- Whitmore-Jewett staging system A staging system for prostate cancer. See Jewett staging system