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Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed test
A blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific antibodies directed against the organism (Treponema pallidum) responsible for syphilis. The fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed…
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Show more- Cauterization The use of heat to destroy abnormal cells. Also called diathermy or electrodiathermy.
- Ecstatic Pertaining to ecstasy, a state of rapture and trancelike elation
- Aerobic exercise Brisk physical activity that requires the heart and lungs to work harder to meet the body's increased oxygen…
- Sex chromosome The X chromosome or the Y chromosome, in humans. The sex chromosomes determine the sex of an individual. As a…
- Minor A minor is someone who is not yet an adult and, in a larger sense, it is something that is less than…
- Incus One of the three tiny bones in the middle ear. Sound impulses coming from the eardrum are conveyed from the…
- Niacin Niacin: Nicotinic acid, one of the B-complex B vitamins. Deficiency of niacin in the diet results in the…
- Computerized tomography Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Ocular conjunctiva That part of the conjunctiva, a clear membrane of the eye, which covers the outer surface of the eye. The…
- BRCA1 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells in the breast but which, when mutated, predisposes…
- Tetracycline Tetracycline: A family of broad-spectrum antibiotics effective against a remarkably wide variety of…
- Cerebrum The largest part of the brain. It is divided into two hemispheres, or halves. The word 'cerebrum' is the…