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Smell disorder
See: Olfactory disorder
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Show more- Test, treadmill A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous…
- NIEHS Stands for National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, one of the National Institutes of Health in…
- Long-chain-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase def Cy: Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality…
- Chancre The classic painless ulcer of syphilis. The chancre forms in the first (primary) stage of syphilis. It is…
- EMG syndrome The exomphalos-macroglossia-gigantism syndrome. See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Arthritis Arthritis: Inflammation of a joint. When joints are inflamed they can develop stiffness, warmth, swelling…
- Scleroderma Scleroderma: A disease of connective tissue with the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the skin and…
- Plastic surgeon A surgeon who specializes in reducing scarring or disfigurement that may occur as a result of accidents…
- Cancer, islet cell See: Islet cell cancer
- Proteinuria Excess protein in the urine. Some protein is normal in the urine. Too much means protein is leaking through…
- Anemia, Cooley's Anemia, Cooley's: Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The…
- Epi- A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…