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Myo- (prefix)
A prefix denoting a relationship to muscle. Myo- enters into many words and terms in medicine including cardiomyopathy, dermatomyositis, electromyography, leiomyoma, myocardial infarction, myocarditis, myocardium, myoclonic, myocyte…
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Show more- Epidemiology, classical The study of populations in order to determine the frequency and distribution of disease and measure risks.
- Aniline A chemical compound implicated, along with o-toluidine, in the causation of bladder cancer. Aniline and…
- Development The process of growth and differentiation.
- Delta-storage pool disease See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Visual pathway glioma A slow-growing benign tumor of the eye
- Y chromosome sex-determining region See: Y sex-determining region
- Third degree burn See: Burn, third degree
- Philtrum The area from below the nose to the upper lip. Normally the philtrum is grooved. In fetal alcohol syndrome…
- Poland anomaly A unique pattern of one-sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on one…
- Scaling Abnormal shedding or accumulation of an upper layer of skin (the stratum corneum)
- Eyelids, congenital ptosis of the Drooping of the upper eyelids at birth. The lids may droop only slightly or they may cover the pupils and…
- Sjogren-Larsson syndrome The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical…