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Osteopetrosis
Thickening of the bones which become abnormally dense due an inherited defect in bone resorption -- the process in which old bone is broken down and removed so that new bone can be added to the skeleton. Osteoclasts are the cells…
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Show more- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Gastrointestinal Adjective referring collectively to the stomach and small and large intestines. The commonly used…
- Gene, zygotic lethal A gene that is lethal (fatal) for the zygote, the cell formed by the union of a sperm (male sex cell) and an…
- Gingivitis, acute membranous This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Ambiguous genitalia Genitalia that are neither typically female nor typically male. Also known as intersexual genitalia. Girls…
- AMS (acute mountain sickness) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the effect on the body of being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Flaviviridae A family of viruses transmitted by mosquitos and ticks that cause some important diseases, including dengue…
- Ascending pathway A nerve pathway that goes upward from the spinal cord toward the brain carrying sensory information from the…
- Oliva The olive, a structure in the brain
- Shin 1. The tibia, the larger of the two bones in the lower leg.2. The anterior aspect (front) of the tibia
- Syndrome, hand-foot-and-mouth A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth due to a viral infection. The…
- Syndrome, Johnson-Stevens See: Stevens-Johnson syndrome.