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Heritability
The degree to which something is inherited.
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- Child injury, mental Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse (after…
- OCG Oral cholecystogram
- Sporotrichosis Sporotrichosis: An infection most commonly of the skin caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii. Persons…
- Polymyalgia Pain in multiple muscles, as in polymyalgia rheumatica
- MPO Myeloperoxidase
- Tumor, carcinoid A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Another name for carcinoid tumor is…
- Syndrome, Fahr This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Depression, agitated See: Agitated depression
- Biopsy, liver See: Liver biopsy
- Linkage analysis Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…
- Premature beat See: Extrasystole