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Monogenic
Pertaining to one gene. As opposed to polygenic
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- Sporadic primary pulmonary hypertension See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Homozygous Possessing two identical forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent
- Nomenclature of diseases See: Disease nomenclature
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- Syndrome, Kimmelstiel-Wilson Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome is a kidney condition associated with…
- Visual acuity test This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Lancet device See: Lancing device
- Stenosis A narrowing, as in: > >aortic stenosis (narrowing of the aortic valve of the heart), >pulmonary stenosis…
- Deformity, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence