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Large dark leukocyte granules that stain lilac. They consist of mucopolysaccharide deposits and are indicative of mucopolysaccharidosis.  

A survey of ten questions to diagnose those people whose alcohol consumption has become harmful to their health. The audit questionnaire includes three questions about a person’s possible dependence on alcohol, three that determine the amount and frequency of alcohol consumption, and four that delve into any problems that may have been caused by a…

Inability to sleep without consuming alcohol. The alcohol is used as a sedative/hypnotic drug.  

A species that does not ferment glucose. It has been implicated rarely in lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis and in other health-care associated infections in patients with immunosuppressing or malignant illnesses.  

Any chemical test for the presence of albumin, usually with electrophoresis, chromatography, spectrophotometry, spectrometry, or immunoassay, and sometimes by simple chemical reactions on dipsticks.  

An abnormal increase of albumin in blood plasma.  

The presence (positive reaction) or absence (negative reaction) of albumin in the sputum. A positive reaction was formerly used to indicate inflammation of the lungs.  

The ratio of albumin to globulin in blood plasma or serum. Normally this value is 1.3:1 to 3.0:1.  

The compound formed when albumin combines with an acid or alkali (base).  

The thick, unyielding layer of white fibrous tissue lying under the tunica vaginalis.