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Disorders, lymphoproliferative
Malignant diseases of the lymphoid cells and cells from the reticuloendothelial system (which take up and sequester inert particles). The lymphoproliferative disorders are in contrast to the myeloproliferative disorders which are…
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Show more- Prandial Of or relating to a meal. Prandial pain is pain while eating. Although medical terms usually have a…
- AV (atrioventricular) AV is the standard medical abbreviation for atrioventricular, a combination that means pertaining to the…
- Proteins, acute-phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Tremor Tremor: Any abnormal repetitive shaking movement of the body. Tremors have many causes and can be inherited…
- Otitis media Otitis media: Inflammation of the middle ear characterized by the accumulation of fluid in the middle ear…
- Syndrome, Pagon See: Pagon syndrome
- Eastern equine encephalitis Abbreviated EEE. A mosquito-born viral disease. The EEE virus normally is found in freshwater swamp birds and…
- Hypomnesia Abnormally poor memory of the past. As compared to hypermnesia and amnesia. From hypo- + the Greek mneme…
- Myoglobin The pigment in muscle that carries oxygen.
- Sylvatic plague Plague that is spread by ground squirrels and other wild rodents, for example, in the western portion of the…
- K (potassium) K is the symbol for potassium, the major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation…
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…