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- Alpha-galactosidase A deficiency See: Fabry disease
- Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal Syndrome, cerebrohepatorenal: A genetic disorder, which is also called the Zellweger syndrome, characterized…
- Compression 1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression…
- Landau-Kleffner syndrome Landau-Kleffner syndrome: A disorder with seizures starting in childhood in which the patient loses skills…
- Disease, Niemann-Pick See: Niemann-Pick disease
- Principal investigator In biomedical research, the person who directs a research project or program. The principal investigator (the…
- Dressler syndrome Pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like covering of the heart) after a heart attack…
- Flu, stomach So-called 'stomach flu' actually has nothing to do with the influenza (flu) virus. This term is sometimes…
- Floating rib One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be 'floating' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Testosterone replacement therapy The practice of giving testosterone to treat conditions in which the testes do not produce enough…
- Cystine An amino acid that is particularly notable because it is the least soluble of all of the naturally occurring…