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Chondrosarcoma
A malignant tumor that forms in cartilage cells (chondroplasts) and that produces cartilage matrix. Chondrosarcoma can be primary or secondary. Primary chondrosarcoma forms in bone and is found in children. Secondary chondrosarcoma arises…
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Show more- Mucolipidosis I A type of mucolipidosis (see below) characterized by deficiency of the enzyme neuraminidase (sialidase)…
- Chlortetracycline The first drug of the tetracycline family, to be introduced (in 1948). For more information, see: Tetracycline
- Hyperplasia A condition in which there is an increase in the number of normal cells in a tissue or organ
- United States Public Health Service The agency responsible for the public health of the American people. The Public Health Service (PHS)…
- Prader-Willi syndrome Prader-Willi syndrome: A syndrome characterized by severe hypotonia (floppiness), poor suck and feeding…
- Body, ciliary Part of the eye, the ciliary body is a thin vascular (blood vessel-filled) middle layer of the eye that is…
- Parumbilical Near the umbilicus (the 'belly button'). The parumbilical veins are small veins in the front wall of the…
- Wrist The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft…
- PET scan The popular name (and abbreviation) of Positron Emission Tomography
- Interneuron A neuron that exclusively signals another neuron
- Autoimmune polyglandular syndrome (APS) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Gastric stapling A surgical procedure that converts the upper part of the stomach into a very small pouch by stapling portions…