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Show more- Diarrhea, Brainerd A syndrome characterized by the acute onset of watery nonbloody diarrhea (3 or more loose stools per day)…
- Fear of insects An abnormal and persistent fear of insects. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- Hemiplegic Pertaining to hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body.
- Leukocytes Cells that help the body fight infections and other diseases. Also called white blood cells (WBCs).
- NAME syndrome Acronym for Nevi, Atrial myxoma, Myxoid neurofibroma, and Ephelides. Now included in the Carney complex. See…
- Autoclave A chamber for sterilizing with steam under pressure. The original autoclave was essentially a pressure…
- Familial adenomatous polyposis See: MYH.
- Prostatic hyperplasia, benign See: Benign prostatic hyperplasia.
- Test, RPR Rapid plasma reagin, a blood test for syphilis that looks for an antibody that is present in the bloodstream…
- Prosthesis, nasal See: Nasal prosthesis
- M protein An antibody or part of an antibody found in unusually large amounts in the blood or urine of patients with…
- C-peptide A byproduct of insulin production, usually by the pancreas. The level of C-peptide is a gauge of how much…