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Parasplenic
Located near or alongside of the spleen. The spleen is an organ located in the upper left part of the abdomen near the stomach. The spleen produces lymphocytes, filters blood, serves as a major reservoir for blood and destroys blood cells…
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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…
- Syndrome, Bloch-Sulzberger Also known as incontinentia pigmenti (IP). A genetic disease with blisters that develop soon after birth on…
- Microscopy, electron Too small a body. A child with microsomia has significant undergrowth. The prefix "micro-" is derived from…
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…
- Magnesium A mineral involved in many processes in the body including nerve signaling, the building of healthy bones…
- Dizziness Dizziness: Painless head discomfort with many possible causes including disturbances of vision, the brain…
- Biermer's anemia Anemia: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not produce the…
- Macrogenitosomia Condition in which the external sex organs are prematurely enlarged or abnormally enlarged. In males, it is…
- CADASIL Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy. An inherited form…
- Desmoplasia This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- PH, blood See: Blood pH