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Ear tag
Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located just in front of the ear (auricle). Therefore also called preauricular tag. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child…
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- Guanine One of the four bases in DNA that make up the letters ATGC. Guanine is the 'G'. The others are adenine…
- Blackhead A familiar term for what is medically called an open comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…
- Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN) Neutropenia, severe congenital (SCN): Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white…
- Bone morphogenetic protein A protein that induces the formation of bone and cartilage. Bone morphogenic protein 2 (which is symbolized…
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Bones of the leg, ankle and foot Are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip and…
- Paternal 1. Pertaining to the father as, for example, a paternal age effect.2. Related through the father as, for…
- Bladder cancer Padding=0 width='100%' border=0> ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%'…
- Uterine cancer Uterine cancer: Cancer of the womb (the uterus). Also called endometrial cancer. Cancer of the uterus occurs…
- Overactive bladder Overactive bladder: A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary…
- Stokes Adams attack Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…