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Sjogren of Sjogren syndrome
Sjogren syndrome: Henrik Samuel Conrad Sjögren, Swedish ophthalmologist (1899-1986), who described the sicca syndrome, a chronic disease, commonly called Sjögren syndrome today. Sjögren graduated in medicine in 1922 from the Karolinska…
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Show more- Parumbilical Near the umbilicus (the 'belly button'). The parumbilical veins are small veins in the front wall of the…
- Pain unit A measurement of the intensity of pain. See also: Dol
- Child Health and . . . (NICHD) National Institute of (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for…
- Gyrus lingualis See: Lingual gyrus
- Bone cyst, simple A solitary fluid-filled cyst (cavity) in a bone, usually in the shaft of a long bone, especially the humerus…
- Roentgen ray Term coined around 1890 that preceded X-ray and is now synonymous with it. Named for Wilhelm Roentgen, a…
- Antiparallel A term applied to two molecules that are side by side but run in opposite directions. The two strands of DNA…
- Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- Imprinting, psychological A remarkable genetic phenomenon that occurs in animals, and theoretically humans, in the first hours of life…
- Retinoschisis, X-linked See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- Sulfa drug One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Foodborne disease A disease caused by consuming contaminated food or drink. Myriad microbes and toxic substances can…