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Cardiac myxoma
A benign tumor of the heart and the most common type of heart tumor in adults. Cardiac myxomas can appear in an isolated case or in families, sometimes as part of an hereditary syndrome called the Carney complex. Some families have the…
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Show more- Agranulocytosis A marked decrease in the number of granulocytes. Granulocytes are a type of white blood cell filled with…
- Itch, jellyfish An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Placental bone morphogenetic protein See: MIC-1
- Outlet The exit or opening. The means by which something escapes.
- Hormone, thyrotropin A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Disease, Kimmelstiel-Wilson Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with…
- Cancer, male breast See: Breast cancer, male
- RVF 1. Rift Valley fever, the disease and the virus that causes it.2. Right ventricular failure, failure of the…
- Surgery, cataract See: Cataract surgery
- Multiple organ failure A term synonymous with multiple system failure and equally vague and nonspecific. See: Multiple system failure
- Keratitis, acanthamoeba See: Acanthamoeba keratitis
- Major gene A gene that is necessary and sufficient by itself to cause a condition. For example, the APC gene is a major…