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Sedimentation rate
Sedimentation rate: A blood test that detects and monitors inflammation in the body. It measures the rate at which red blood cells (RBCs) in a test tube separate from blood serum over time, becoming sediment in the bottom of the test tube…
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Show more- Scan As a noun, the data or image obtained from the examination of organs or regions of the body by gathering…
- Enophthalmos Sunken eyeball.
- Zinc sulfate A form of zinc that can be administered in eye drops. It is used in some types of eye tests
- Syndrome, Gustavson A disorder first reported in 1999 by Gustavson and colleagues as a new X-linked mental retardation syndrome…
- Sialidosis A form of mucolipidosis characterized by deficiency of acid alpha-N-acetyl- neuraminidase (sialidase). See…
- Decortication Removal of part or all of the outer surface of an organ such as the lung, kidney, or brain
- Lecithinase See: Phospholipase
- Colitis, granulomatous Crohn's disease of the colon (the large intestine). Crohn's disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder…
- Glaucoma, low tension See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Marsh fever See malaria
- Campion, Thomas (1567-1620) English physician, poet, and composer. Campion first studied law, but had little sympathy with…
- St John's wort A flowering plant, Hypericum perforatum, also known as Perforate St John's wort, that has long been believed…