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Absent eye
Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers, strictly speaking, to absence of the globe and ocular tissue from the orbit. However, in most cases of anophthalmia, CT scans show some…
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- Endocrinology The study of hormones, their receptors, the intracellular signalling pathways they invoke, and the diseases…
- Hyperpigmentation Dark spots on the skin. Hyperpigmentation is primarily a cosmetic concern that can be covered with make-up…
- Cystatin C A serum protein that is filtered out of the blood by the kidneys and that serves as a measure of kidney…
- Otoscope Instrument for looking in the ear. Today, otoscopic or ophthalmoscopic heads can usually be attached to the…
- Malignant ascites A condition in which fluid containing cancer cells collects within the abdomen
- Infectious Diseases, Nat'l Institute of Allergy & See Hepatitis A.
- Cloaca A common passageway for feces, urine and reproduction. At one point in the development of the human embryo…
- Neuroendocrine Having to do with neuroendocrinology: the interactions between the nervous system and the endocrine system
- Cellophane maculopathy See: Macular pucker