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Heart-hand syndrome
See: Holt-Oram syndrome
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- Western medicine Conventional medicine, as distinct for instance from traditional Chinese medicine
- Costal margin The lower edge of the chest (thorax) formed by the bottom edge of the rib cage
- Borrelia burgdorferi The spirochete (a type of bacteria) that causes Lyme disease. Named after its discoverer, Dr. Willy…
- Polio vaccine, killed See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis: An autoimmune disease which causes chronic inflammation of the joints, the tissue…
- Anoscopy Anoscopy is a procedure used to visualize the wall of the anus and lowest portion of the rectum. Anoscopy can…
- Prion disease A disease due to a prion, a proteinaceous infectious particle that lacks nucleic acids. Prions are composed…
- Isoprene One of the major components that makes up natural rubber and is used to make synthetic rubbers. It is also…
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- Cerebral edema Edema: Accumulation of excessive fluid in the substance of the brain. The brain is especially susceptible to…
- Ear, cauliflower An acquired deformity of the external ear to which wrestlers and boxers are particularly vulnerable. The…