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BX
Medical abbreviation for biopsy. See: bx
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- Nullipara A woman who has never given birth to a child.
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- Absolute CD4 count The number of 'helper' CD4 T-lymphocytes in a cubic millimeter of blood. With HIV, the absolute CD4 count…
- Frontal In anatomy, pertaining to the forehead. As, for example, the frontal bone, frontal sinus, and frontal nerve…
- PARK3 Familial Parkinson disease type 3