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Hyperuricemia
Abnormally elevated blood level of uric acid. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines that are part of many foods we eat. While hyperuricemia may indicate an increased risk of gout , the relationship between hyperuricemia and gout is…
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- Intron Part of a gene that is initially transcribed into the primary RNA transcript but then removed from it when…
- Leukotriene One of a group of hormones that cause the symptoms of hayfever and asthma. Derived from arachidonic acid, the…
- EOG Electro-oculography. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder. (The abbreviation PTSD has rapidly gained in popularity because saying…
- Pendred syndrome Pendred syndrome: A genetic disease characterized by congenital deafness, abnormality of the bony labyrinth…
- Nerve, vagus A remarkable nerve that supplies nerve fibers to the pharynx (throat), larynx (voice box), trachea…
- RNA virus A virus in which the genetic material is RNA. The RNA may be either double- or single-stranded. There are 6…
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…