Medical Dictionary Definitions A-Z List
Medical Dictionary Definitions A - Z - «I»:
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Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of childhood
Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of childhood: See: Minimal change disease....
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Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension: See: Pulmonary hypertension....
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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: Scarring throughout the lungs without an identifiable cause. See: Pulmonary fibrosis....
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Idiopathic sclerosing cholangitis
Idiopathic sclerosing cholangitis: See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis....
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Idiopathic scoliosis
Idiopathic scoliosis: See: Scoliosis, idiopathic. See also: Scoliosis....
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Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura: A "wastepaper basket" for those cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura whose cause is still unknown. See: Immune thrombocytopenic purpura....
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Idiopathy
Idiopathy: A disease or medical condition of unknown origin or which has no apparent cause. As in the idiopathy of cancer.
From the New Latin idiopathia (primary disease), from the Greek idiopatheia, from idio-, from idios (one's own, personal) + -patheia, -pathy (feeling, suffering). ...
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Idiot savant
Idiot savant: See: Autistic savant. The term "autistic savant" is preferred to the old term "idiot savant" as less perjorative and more precise....
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IFA
IFA: Indirect immunofluorescence assay....
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Ig
Ig: Abbreviation for immunoglobulin, a protein produced by plasma cells and lymphocytes. Immunoglobulins are an essential part of the body's immune system which attach to foreign substances, such as bacteria, and assist in destroying them.
The classes of immunoglobulins are immunoglobulin A (IgA), i...
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IgA
IgA: Immunoglobulin A, a major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as saliva, tears, and sweat as well as in the gastrointestinal, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts....
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IgD
IgD: Immunoglobulin D, a class of immunoglobulins found as antibodies on the surface of B cells (B lymphocytes). Almost nothing is known about the normal function of IgD....
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IgE
IgE: Immunoglobulin E, a class of immunoglobulins that includes the antibodies elicited by an allergic substance (allergen). A person who has an allergy usually has elevated blood levels of IgE. IgE antibodies attack and engage the invading army of allergens. The E in IgE stands for erythema (rednes...
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IgG
IgG: Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common antibodies circulating in the blood. Also known as gamma globulin....
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IgM
IgM: Immunoglobulin M, a major class of immunoglobulins. IgM includes the antibodies that are usually produced first in an immune response and are later replaced by other types of antibodies....
