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- Trans fatty acid An unhealthy substance, also known as trans fat, made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of oils…
- Acid, fatty One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell…
- Hyperexplexia A genetic disorder in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction). This disorder was not…
- Waardenburg syndrome A genetic disorder that causes deafness, white forelock (a frontal white blaze of hair), a difference of…
- Priapism Abnormally persistent erection of the penis in the absence of sexual desire. Priapism can occur in persons…
- Visual evoked response VER. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing done to measure the electrical potential resulting from a…
- Septuagenarian Someone in his or her seventies. See also: Age by decade
- Polychlorinated biphenyls See: PCBs
- Enteritis, regional Crohn's disease by another name, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine primarily in the small and…
- Ascending aorta The ascending aorta is the first section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body. The ascending aorta…
- Lyme disease Lyme disease: Lyme disease is a bacterial illness caused by a bacterium called a 'spirochete.' Lyme disease…