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Familial hypercholesterolemia
The most common inherited type of hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood). One in every 500 children is born with familial hypercholesterolemia. The condition predisposes to premature arteriosclerosis including coronary artery disease…
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Show more- Hera In Greek mythology, a protector of women, who with her daughter Eileithyia was often called upon during…
- Lactose intolerance Lactose intolerance: Inability to digest lactose, a component of milk and most other dairy products. Lactose…
- Perforation, nasal septum A hole in the nasal septum, the wall inside the nose that runs down the middle dividing it into two sides…
- Delirium A sudden state of severe confusion and rapid changes in brain function, sometimes associated with…
- True rib One of the first 7 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be 'true' if it attaches to the sternum (the breast bone)…
- Immunization, serum hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis B
- Emergency code While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- Assembly, DNA The process of putting fragments of DNA that have been sequenced into their correct chromosomal positions…
- Ibuprofen Ibuprofen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly used to treat pain, swelling, and fever…
- Allergy, peanut See: Peanut allergy
- Hemidiaphragm, raised See: Elevated hemidiaphragm
- Vestibule In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube…