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Disseminated sclerosis
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- Chronic fatigue syndrome See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Nerve, ninth cranial The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. All 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- PLGF Placental growth factor
- Bulbar Pertaining to a bulb, in medicine any rounded mass of tissue (that is shaped somewhat like a crocus or tulip…
- X, factor A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X…
- Engram An enduring change in the brain postulated to account for the persistence of memory. The term 'engram' was…
- Fever, puerperal Fever that lasts for more than 24 hours within the first 10 days after a woman has had a baby. Puerperal…
- Dystocia Difficult or abnormal labor or delivery. From the Greek 'dys' meaning 'difficult, painful, disordered…
- Juvenile polyposis syndrome See: Juvenile polyposis
- Regulatory region A region of a chromosome that controls gene expression. In terms of DNA, it is a regulatory sequence
- Major depression A disease with certain characteristic signs and symptoms that interferes with the ability to work, sleep…