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Infantile systemic hyalinosis
A genetic disorder characterized at birth or soon afterwards by painful swollen joint contractures and red pigmentation over bony prominences. Pearly papules (little bumps) and fleshy nodules then develop in the skin. Overgrowth of the…
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Show more- Affect The emotional tone a person expresses. A person's affect may be appropriate or inappropriate to the…
- Os sacrum The large, heavy bone at the base of the spine, which is made up of fused sacral vertebrae. The sacrum is…
- Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- DNA splicing, alternative See Alternative splicing
- Culture A culture is the propagation of microorganisms in a growth media. Any body tissue or fluid can be evaluated…
- Neuralgia, postherpetic Localized pain in the area of involvement of shingles that persists beyond one month. The most common…
- Polony A tiny colony of DNA, about one micron in diameter. The word 'polony' is a contraction of 'polymerase…
- PVNS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- Preauricular tag A common minor anomaly, this is a rudimentary tag of ear tissue. It often contains a core of cartilage. The…
- Ova Plural form of ovum
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…