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Ichthyosis, spasticity, oligophrenia syndrome
Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish-like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity of the legs) and mental…
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Show more- Symptom Any subjective evidence of disease. Anxiety, lower back pain, and fatigue are all symptoms. They are…
- Housemaid's knee See Prepatellar bursitis
- Hallux What the ancient Romans called the big toe. Since hallux was a good enough word for the big toe among the…
- FMO3 Abbreviation for the enzyme, flavin-containing monooxygenase-3. See Fish-odor syndrome
- ITE In-the-ear. See: In-the-ear hearing aid
- Genital herpes A viral infection transmitted through intimate contact with the moist mucous linings of the genitals. This…
- Chickenpox vaccination See Chickenpox immunization
- Surgery, anti-reflux (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Orifice An opening. The mouth for example is an orifice.
- Prognostic 1. (adjective) In medicine, relating to the prognosis of a disease. For example, a favorable prognostic…
- Fovea centralis See: Fovea.
- Iso- Composed of cells of the same size and type. Isocellular is a Greek-Latin hybrid term compounded from the…