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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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There is an exhaustive listing of variant hemoglobins in MIM where a composite numbering system is used. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Hyperglycemia – An abnormally high concentration of glucose in the circulating blood, seen especially in patients with diabetes mellitus.
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(Adapted from Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Inactive duty training – (A)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Ischemic heart disease – Deficient supply of blood to the heart that is due to obstruction of the inflow of arterial blood (as by the narrowing of arteries by spasm or disease)
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Kaposi sarcoma – A multifocal malignant neoplasm of primitive vasoformative tissue, occurring in the skin and sometimes in lymph nodes or viscera, consisting of spindle cells and irregular small vascular spaces frequently infiltrated by hemosiderin-pigmented macrophages and extravasated red cells; clinically manifested by cutaneous lesions consisting of reddish purple to dark-blue macules, plaques, or nodules; seen most commonly in men over 60 years of age and, in AIDS patients, as an opportunistic disease associated with human herpes virus 8 infection (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Keratitis – Inflammation of the cornea (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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Liposarcoma – A malignant neoplasm of adults that occurs especially in the retroperitoneal tissues and the thigh, usually deep in the intermuscular or periarticular planes; histologically, liposarcoma is a large tumor that may be composed of well-differentiated fat cells or may be dedifferentiated, either myxoid, round-celled, or pleomorphic, usually in association with a rich network of capillaries; recurrences are common, and dedifferentiated liposarcoma metastasizes to the lungs or serosal surfaces. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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– An inflammatory connective tissue disease with variable features, frequently including fever, weakness and fatigability, joint pains or arthritis resembling rheumatoid arthritis, diffuse erythematous skin lesions on the face, neck, or upper extremities, with liquefaction degeneration of the basal layer and epidermal atrophy, lymphadenopathy, pleurisy or pericarditis, glomerular lesions, anemia, hyperglobulinemia, and a positive LE cell test result, with serum antibodies to nuclear protein and sometimes to double-stranded DNA and other substances. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Malaria – A disease caused by the presence of the sporozoan Plasmodium in human or other vertebrate red blood cells, usually transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected female mosquito of the genus Anopheles that previously sucked the blood from a person with malaria.
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Mononucleosis – Presence of abnormally large number of mononuclear leukocytes in the circulating blood, especially with reference to forms that are not normal.
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Myocarditis – Inflammation of the muscular walls of the heart. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Obstructive pulmonary disease – A progressive and irreversible condition characterized by diminished inspiratory and expiratory capacity of the lungs.
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Operation Ranch Hand – The military code name for the spraying of herbicides from US Air Force aircraft in Southeast Asia from 1962 through 1971.
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Parathyroid adenoma – Tumors of the parathyroid glands, which are located in the neck and help regulate calcium metabolism. Parent – A father, a mother, a father through adoption, a mother through adoption, or an individual who for a period of not less than one year stood in the relationship of a parent to a veteran at any time before the veteran's entry into active military, naval, or air service or if two persons stood in the relationship of a father or a mother for one year or more, the person who Prepublication Copy – Uncorrected Proof
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(Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005) Pension – A monthly or other periodic payment made by the Secretary to a veteran because of service, age, or non-service-connected disability, or to a surviving spouse or child of a veteran because of the non-service-connected death of the veteran.
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Pinta – A disease caused by a spirochete, Treponema carateum, endemic in Mexico and Central America, and characterized by a small primary papule followed by an enlarging plaque and disseminated secondary macules of varying color called pintids that finally become white. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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Posterior subcapsular cataracts – A cataract involving the cortex at the posterior pole of the lens. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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In the presence of thromboplastin and calcium ion, prothrombin is converted to thrombin, which in turn converts fibrinogen to fibrin, this process resulting in coagulation of blood; a deficiency of prothrombin leads to impaired blood coagulation. (Stedman's medical dictionary 28th ed., 2005)
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