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Center for Devices & Radiological Health
Abbreviated CDRH. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
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Show more- Prealbumin One of several plasma proteins such as transthyretin that migrate faster than albumin in an acidic starch gel
- Narcan Brand name for naloxone
- Fragile X syndrome Fragile X syndrome: One of the most common causes of inherited mental retardation and neuropsychiatric…
- Genetic transformation A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Mycelium An array of fungal filaments which was thought to resemble a display of decorative nails. From the Greek…
- Syndrome, Proteus A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Arterial aneurysm An outpouching (aneurysm) of an artery. As opposed to a venous or cardiac aneurysm. An aneurysm is a…
- Ketogenic diet A diet devised as a treatment for severe seizure disorders that do not respond to conventional medication…
- Pinched nerve See: Nerve compression
- Hemophilia B Hemophilia due to deficiency of coagulation factor IX in the blood which results in prolonged oozing after…
- Essential fatty acid An unsaturated fatty acid that is essential to human health, but cannot be manufactured in the body. There…
- Lipophilin See: Proteolipid protein