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Perry syndrome
A familial form of Parkinson disease together with depression, weight loss and central hypoventilation in which there is failure of the normal control by the central nervous system over breathing. Perry syndrome is inherited in an…
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- Granuloma, swimming pool Localized nodular skin inflammation (small reddish raised areas of skin) caused by a bacterium called…
- Jakob's disease Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…
- Metastasize The spread from one part of the body to another. When cancer cells metastasize and cause secondary tumors…
- Contiguous gene syndrome A disorder due to deletion of multiple gene loci that are adjacent to one another. Contiguous gene syndromes…
- Endotracheal tube A flexible plastic tube that is put in the mouth and then down into the trachea (the airway). The doctor…
- Nosebleed Nosebleed: Its medical name is epistaxis.
- Proband The family member through whom a family's medical history comes to light. For example, a proband might be a…
- Avulsion Tearing away. A nerve can be avulsed by an injury, as can part of a bone.
- Sweat gland tumor A benign (harmless) skin tumor called a syringoma that derives from cells related to sweat glands. (These…
- Spectrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of ghosts. Sufferers of spectrophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Cerebrovascular Pertaining to the blood vessels and, especially, the arteries that supply the brain. As in cerebrovascular…