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Polyhydramnios
Too much amniotic fluid.
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- NBIA Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Allergy Allergy: A misguided reaction to foreign substances by the immune system, the body system of defense against…
- Serratus posterior inferior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior inferior muscle originates…
- Endocrine Pertaining to hormones and the glands that make and secrete them into the bloodstream through which they…
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta , aortic…
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy Sentinel lymph node biopsy: Examination of the first lymph node ('gland') that receives lymphatic drainage…
- MDS Myelodysplastic syndrome, or myelodysplastic syndromes
- ADI Acceptable daily intake
- Paul Ehrlich 1. Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), renowned German scientist and physician. See: Ehlich, Paul. 2. Paul R. Ehrlich…
- Melancholia Old term for depression.