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Medicine

The science and art of healing that employs a variety of health care practices to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.

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Acute eosinophilic leukaemia

Medical; Medicine

A rare acute myeloid leukaemia characterised by abnormal eosinophils in the bone marrow.

Eosinophilic acute leukaemia

Medical; Medicine

A rare acute myeloid leukaemia characterised by abnormal eosinophils in the bone marrow.

The use of ultraviolet electromagnetic radiation in the treatment of disease, usually of the skin. This is the part of the sun's spectrum that causes sunburn and tanning. Ultraviolet A, used in PUVA, ...

Factor ixa

Medical; Medicine

Activated form of factor IX. This activation can take place via the intrinsic pathway by the action of factor XIa and calcium, or via the extrinsic pathway by the action of factor VIIa, ...

Actinomycetes

Medical; Medicine

Class of bacteria with diverse morphological properties. Strains of Actinobacteria show greater than 80% 16S rDNA/rRNA sequence similarity among each other and also the presence of certain signature ...