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Meningocele (MM)
Protrusion of the membranes that cover the spine and part of the spinal cord through a bone defect in the vertebral column. MM is due to failure of closure during embryonic life of bottom end of the neural tube, the structure which gives…
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- Test, FTA-ABS FTA-ABS stands for fluorescent treponemal antibody absorbed, a blood serum screening test for syphilis…
- Tubule A small tube.
- Vena cava The superior vena cava is the large vein which returns blood to the heart from the head, neck and both upper…
- Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Haemophilus influenzae type B This kind of immunization is designed to prevent diseases caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B (HIB), a…
- Gastropathy Disease of the stomach, as in hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy. Gastropathy comes from gastro-…
- Hypoplasia of the thymus and parathyroids See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Group B streptococcus infection A major cause of infections, including infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn infant. Strep…
- CIC Completely-in-the-canal (the ear canal). See: Completely-in-the-canal hearing aid. See also: Hearing aid
- Specific-pathogen free A term applied to animals reared for use in laboratory experiments when the animals are known to be free of…