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Polygenic disease
A genetic disease caused by the combined actions of two or more genes. Examples of polygenic diseases include coronary heart disease, diabetes, hypertension, and peptic ulcers. Because such disorders depend on the simultaneous presence of…
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Show more- Gastropathy, hypoproteinemic hypertrophic See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Autolysis The enzymatic digestion of cells by enzymes present within them. The cells most susceptible to autolysis tend…
- Cancer, multiple myeloma A bone marrow cancer involving a type of white blood cell called a plasma (or myeloma) cell. The tumor cells…
- HTLV-III The human T-lymphotropic virus type III. An obsolete term for the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV
- Meatus, female urethral The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…
- Rate, heart Number of heart beats per minute. The normal resting adult heart beats regularly at an average rate of 60…
- Trichinellosis A disease that comes from eating raw or undercooked pork or wild game that is infected with the larvae of a…
- ACNM The American College of Nurse-Midwives. See: Nurse-midwife
- Random mating Totally haphazard mating with no regard to the genetic makeup (genotype) of the mate so that any sperm has an…
- Total laryngectomy A surgical procedure in which the whole voice box is removed, and the stoma opening into the larynx is…
- R/O Medical abbreviation for rule out
- Epicardium The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of…