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Elbow, arthritis of the
Inflammation (arthritis) of the elbow joint can be due to many systemic forms of arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, gouty arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and Reiter's disease. Generally, they are associated…
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- PCB See: PCBs
- Factor X A laboratory-made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production…
- Fornix vaginae See: Vaginal fornix
- Mycet- Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus
- Protein, proteolipid See: Proteolipid protein
- Yeast vaginitis Yeast vaginitis: Infection of the vagina by a fungus known as Candida, characteristically causing itching…
- Blepharophimosis Horizontal narrowing of the palpebral fissures (eye slits)
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- Annexin V Annexin V is the cause of a syndrome called the antiphospholipid antibody syndrome with abnormal blood…
- Vision, tubular See: Tubular vision; Tunnel vision
- Complementary sequence Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…