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Dysphonia, spastic
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- Pediatric arthritis See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Onychomycosis, proximal white subungual The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- Allergy to cockroaches Allergy to cockroaches: A condition that manifests as an allergic reaction when one is exposed to tiny…
- Dinucleotide A sequence of 2 base pairs. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
- Genome, cow See: Bovine genome
- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- Acid, bile See: Bile acid
- Vocal cord One of two small bands of muscle within the larynx. These muscles vibrate to produce the voice. The vocal…
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Silica The chief component of sand and a substance responsible for lung disease and cancer. Crystalline silica of…
- Acanthamoeba A microscopic organism, an amoeba, found in soil, dust and fresh water (lakes, rivers, hot springs and hot…