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Gorlin-Goltz syndrome
See: Gorlin syndrome
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Show more- Product, gene The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Pneumopericardium Air or gas in the space between the heart and the pericardium, the membrane surrounding the heart.
- Valsalva maneuver A maneuver in which a person tries to exhale forcibly with a closed glottis (the windpipe) so that no air…
- Randomly In a random manner, as by chance alone. The participants in the trial were randomly assigned to receive…
- Catamenia Menstruation
- Histidine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. An essential amino acid, histidine is present in…
- Dyspnoea Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath. Dyspnoea is a sign of serious disease of the airway…
- Subcutaneous hematoma A bruise
- Encephalitis, LAC LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Deer mouse A deceptively cute rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary…
- Separation anxiety disorder Excessive anxiety concerning separation from home or from those to whom a child is attached. The child may…
- Elephantiasis Lymphatic filariasis, a mosquito-borne parasitic disease caused by tiny thread-like worms that live in the…