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Burkitt's lymphoma
See: Burkitt lymphoma
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- Engram An enduring change in the brain postulated to account for the persistence of memory. The term 'engram' was…
- Acute brain syndrome See: Delirium
- Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis: Inflammation of the stomach and the intestines. Can cause nausea and vomiting and/or…
- Oligospermia Fewer sperm than normal. Azoospermia, by contrast, means absolutely no sperm at all.
- Sixth cranial nerve The sixth cranial nerve is the abducent nerve, a small motor nerve that has one task: to supply a muscle…
- Stickler syndrome, type III See: Stickler syndrome
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- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., NIMH's mission is to 'provide national leadership…
- EB (epidermolysis bullosa) See: Epidermolysis bullosa
- Nerve, oculomotor The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…