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Functional scoliosis
A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis involves a temporary change of spinal curvature. This is caused by an underlying condition such as a difference in leg length, muscle…
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Show more- Epithelial basement corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed test A blood serum screening test for syphilis designed to demonstrate the presence or absence of specific…
- Cryptosporidiosis An intestinal infection characterized by diarrhea caused by a microscopic parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum…
- Glottis The middle part of the larynx, the area where the vocal cords are located
- Helicobacter heilmannii A bacteria that infects most cats, dogs and pigs and, in them, causes stomach inflammation (gastritis). H…
- Pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) A type of bacterium that comes in pairs and is shaped like a lancet (a surgical knife with a short wide…
- Debilitate To impair the strength or to enfeeble. A chronic progressive disease may debilitate a patient. So may…
- Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS) Patellofemoral syndrome (PFS): The commonest cause of chronic knee pain, PFS characteristically causes vague…
- BIA Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Syndrome, Hermansky-Pudlak (HPS) See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Temporal lobe The lobe of the cerebral hemisphere located down on the side just forward of the occipital lobe. The temporal…
- Lancet, The A weekly medical journal headquartered in London. Published uninterruptedly and with the same title since…