Glossary

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  • Alexander adams operation

    Surgery in which the round ligaments of the uterus are shortened and their ends sutured to the exterior abdominal ring; used in treating uterine displacement.  

  • Aleurone

    The protein granules present in the outer layer of the endosperm of cereal grain.  

  • Aleukemia

    A deficiency of white blood cells in the circulating blood. A blood disorder characterized by a shortage or absence of white blood cells, which can sometimes manifest during the progression of leukemia.  

  • Aleppo boil

    Cutaneous leishmaniasis, caused by infection with the parasite Leishmania tropica and marked by one or multiple ulcerations of the skin.  

  • Alendronate

    A biphosphonate that stops osteoclasts from absorbing bone. It increases the density of bone and is used to treat and prevent osteoporosis and the fractures it causes. A non-endocrine medication employed in the management of osteoporosis specifically in postmenopausal females.  

  • Alemmal

    Without a neurilemma, as in a nerve fiber.  

  • Aldrin

    A derivative of chlorinated naphthalene used as an insecticide.  

  • Secondary aldosteronism

    Aldosteronism due to extra-adrenal disorders.  

  • Primary aldosteronism

    Aldosteronism due to excess secretion of mineralocorticoid by the adrenal gland. An aldosterone-secreting adenoma frequently is responsible. Removal of the adenoma will cure hypertension in some affected patients.  

  • Aldopentose

    A five-carbon sugar with the aldehyde group, CHO, at the end. Arabinose is an aldopentose.