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See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
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- Thoraces Plural of thorax.
- PV Stands for polycythemia vera, a condition characterized by overproduction (proliferation) of red blood cells…
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Axelrod, Julius (1912- ) American pharmacologist and neuroscientist who shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine…
- Os calcis See: Calcaneus
- Eosinophilia An abnormally high number of eosinophils in the blood. Normally, eosinophils constitute 1 to 3% of the…
- Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome (APLS): An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal…
- Hypohidrosis Subnormal sweating, less sweating than usual. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hypohidrosis is literally…
- Tubercular See: Tuberculous
- Ileitis, terminal Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small…
- Ileum The lowest part of the small intestine, located beyond the duodenum and jejunum, just before the large…