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Biopsy, muscle
See: Muscle biopsy
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- Hox gene One of a subgroup of homeobox genes that are found in clusters on the genes of vertebrates. These are…
- Drop attack See: Atonic seizure
- Founder effect The positive effect on gene frequency when a population (a colony) has only a small number of original…
- FAS See: Fetal alcohol syndrome diagnosis.
- Hypermagnesemia Excess magnesium. Persons with impaired kidney function should be especially careful about their magnesium…
- Terminal ileitis Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small…
- Hernia repair Also called a herniorrhaphy, a surgical repair of a hernia. Hernia repair may be done under local or general…
- Nerve, facial The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It is a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming…
- Therapy, PUVA See: PUVA
- Walleye 1. A dense white opacity (leukoma) of the cornea. 2. Divergent strabismus (exotropia) in which the eye turns…