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Desensitization, allergy
Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is allergic, the aim being to modify or stop the allergy 'war' (by reducing the strength of the IgE and its effect on the mast cells)…
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Show more- Dermatopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermopathy
- Vision, tunnel See: Tunnel vision
- Protein requirements, infant Proteins contain different amino acids that are linked together. Proteins provide both calories and the amino…
- Cystic periventricular leukomalacia Softening of the white matter near the ventricles of the brain resulting in abnormal cysts. Cystic…
- Hypervolemia An abnormal increase in blood volume or, strictly speaking, an abnormal increase in the volume of blood…
- Mansfield See: Mansfield, Peter
- TAR syndrome TAR stands for Thrombocytopenia (low blood platelets) and Aplasia (absence) of the Radius (the long bone on…
- Animal-to-human transplant Transplant: See Xenotransplantation
- Focal dystonia due to torticollis Spasm of the muscles in the neck that control the position of the head, causing the head to twist and turn to…
- Activated leukocyte cell adhesion molecule See: ALCAM
- Adams-Stokes disease Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Enediyne A very potent and naturally occurring antibiotic that acts by cleaving DNA. The adverse effects of enediynes…