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Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum: (Abbreviated PXE). A genetic disorder characterized by degeneration of elastic fibers and tiny areas of calcification in the skin, back of the eyes (retinae), and blood vessels. PXE can be inherited as an…
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- Clinical psychology A professional specialty concerned with diagnosing and treating diseases of the brain, emotional disturbance…
- Conotoxin A toxin made by cone snails (Conidae), also called cone shells, which are fish-eating snails that inhabit…
- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…
- Surgery, off-pump See: Off-pump surgery
- Deuteranomaly Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranopia or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Pityriasis rosea Peutz-Jeghers syndrome.
- Osgood-Schlatter disease Osgood-Schlatter disease: A condition involving inflammation and sometimes tearing of ligaments within the…
- Olfactory apparatus The entire system needed to have a sense of smell. This system involves at least 1,000 genes for the…
- Agyrophobia Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares; fear of thoroughfares…
- Transplant, hand and forearm Transplantation of the hand and the forearm from one person (a deceased donor) to another (the recipient). In…
- Dissection, neck Surgery in which the neck is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to identify, examine…