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Amnesia, retrograde
See: Retrograde amnesia
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- Neurofibromatosis, bilateral acoustic See: Neurofibromatosis type 2
- Heteroclite Deviating from the ordinary; irregular or abnormal; anomalous. As, for example, retroviruses represent a…
- Crohn colitis Crohn disease involving only the large intestine (colon). Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder…
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Low blood platelet count as a result of the medication heparin. Heparin is used to treat and prevent abnormal…
- Occult stool blood test A test to check for hidden blood in the feces, the stool
- Paralysis, laryngeal nerve Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Abscess, breast See: Breast abscess. see also: Breast infection; Mastitis
- Ectoderm One of the three primary germ cell layers (the other two being the mesoderm and endoderm) that make up the…
- Postulates, Koch's In 1890 the German physician and bacteriologist Robert Koch set out his celebrated criteria for judging…
- Programmed cell death A term often used interchangeably with apoptosis. See: Apoptosis
- Black henna A tattoo ink and paste consisting of henna with other ingredients added, sometimes including…