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121Murphy, William P. — ▪ American physician in full William Parry Murphy born Feb. 6, 1892, Stoughton, Wis., U.S. died Oct. 9, 1987, Brookline, Mass. American physician who with George R. Minot (Minot, George Richards) in 1926 reported success in the treatment …
122vitamin B12 — noun a B vitamin that is used to treat pernicious anemia • Syn: ↑cobalamin, ↑cyanocobalamin, ↑antipernicious anemia factor • Hypernyms: ↑B complex vitamin, ↑B complex, ↑vitamin B complex, ↑vitamin B …
123Michael Anton Biermer — Born October 18, 1827 Bamberg Died October 15, 1892 Schöneberg Nationality German …
124gastritis — gastritic /ga strit ik/, adj. /ga struy tis/, n. inflammation of the stomach, esp. of its mucous membrane. [1800 10; < NL; see GASTR , ITIS] * * * Inflammation in the stomach. Acute gastritis, usually caused by ingesting something irritating or… …
125Malaria — An infectious disease caused by protozoan parasites from the Plasmodium family that can be transmitted by the sting of the Anopheles mosquito or by a contaminated needle or transfusion. Falciparum malaria is the most deadly type. The symptoms of… …
126erythrocyte — erythrocytic /i rith reuh sit ik/, adj. /i rith reuh suyt /, n. Physiol. See red blood cell. [1890 95; ERYTHRO + CYTE] * * * or red blood cell or red blood corpuscle Blood cell that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues. Hemoglobin… …
127hematology — hematologic /hee meuh tl oj ik, hem euh , hi mat euh /, hematological, adj. hematologist, n. /hee meuh tol euh jee, hem euh /, n. Med. the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood forming organs. [1805 15; HEMATO +… …
128megaloblast — A large, nucleated, embryonic type of cell that is a precursor of erythrocytes in an abnormal erythropoietic process observed in pernicious anemia; a megaloblasts four stages of development are as follows: 1) …
