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PVC
Premature ventricular contraction. See: Extrasystole
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Show more- Cisplatin An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called platinum compounds. Cisplatin is used in the…
- Exercise treadmill Exercise on a treadmill, a machine with a moving strip on which one walks without moving forward. A treadmill…
- Adult-onset diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2
- JPS Juvenile polyposis syndrome. See: Juvenile polyposis
- Dementia, MELAS Dementia, MELAS: MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Strokelike…
- CNP Copy number polymorphism
- Agenesis Lack of development of something. For example, agenesis of a toe means that toe failed to form.
- Lamin A Abbreviated LMNA. A gene on chromosome 1 that encodes a protein which is a key component of the membrane…
- Burn, second degree A burn that looks like a first degree burn in that it is red and sensation is intact but the damage from the…
- Olivary Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- Inferolateral Below and to one side. Both inferior and lateral. In anatomy, there are many such compound terms. For a more…
- GSTO1 Glutathione S-transferase omega-1