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Show more- Myriad A great number, a very large number, a huge number of something. There are, for example, myriad ways in which…
- GIST Gastrointestinal stromal tumor
- Multislice computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Pancreozymin See: Cholecystokinin
- Carcinoma, pancreatic See: Pancreatic cancer
- Affective disorder, seasonal (SAD) Depression that tends to occur (and recur) as the days grow shorter in the fall and winter. It is believed…
- Subungual onychomycosis, proximal white The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- Pain, knee Causes of knee pain include injury, degeneration, arthritis, infrequently infection and rarely bone tumors.
- Fungicide 1. An agent capable of killing fungi. 2. Any pesticide used to control, deter, or destroy fungi. See also…
- Duplication Part of a chromosome in duplicate, a particular kind of mutation (change) involving the production of one or…
- Congenital hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism: See: Cretinism.
- Genoplasty A technology that uses the repair mechanisms normally present in cells to repair gene defects. In genoplasty…