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Cranial
A genetic (inherited) disorder of bone development characterized by: 1. Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with square skull, late closure of the sutures of the skull, late closure of the fontanels (the soft spots), low nasal bridge…
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- Ecstasy 1. A state of rapture and trancelike elation.2. A street name for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)…
- Xuezhikang One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP. A program designed to reduce illness and death from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US by reducing…
- German measles (historical note) In 1941 N. M. Gregg, an Australian ophthalmologist, recognized that infection of the mother with German…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- Matter, gray The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. The gray matter is as opposed to the white matter…
- Proximo- Proximal
- Bronchospasm, exercise-induced Also called exercise-induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- Overgrowth Just what it sounds like: excessive growth
- Alstrom-Hallgren syndrome See: Alstrom syndrome