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Ichthyosis simplex
Excessively dry skin with scaling. Also called xeroderma. See: Xeroderma. See also: Ichthyosis vulgaris
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- Tonotopy The spatial arrangement of where sound is perceived, transmitted, or received. There is tonotopy in the…
- Familial cancer Cancer or a predisposition (tendency) to it that runs in families.
- Palsy Paralysis, generally partial, whereby a local body area is incapable of voluntary movement (motor function)…
- Polio vaccine, Sabin The oral polio vaccine (OPV) developed by the Polish-born American microbiologist Albert Sabin (1906-93)
- Active tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, active
- Acute coronary syndromes A spectrum of conditions involving chest discomfort or other symptoms caused by lack of oxygen to the heart…
- DES Diethylstilbestrol, the earliest synthetic (man-made) form of a hormone in the estrogen class. DES was once…
- Anal papillae The plural of anal papilla. See: Anal papilla
- Vena cava syndrome, superior The symptoms that result from compression of the large vein that carries blood down to the heart. The…
- Acoustic neurofibromatosis See: Neurofibromatosis type 2