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Familial mental retardation 1
See FMR1.
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- Hippophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even when a horse…
- Osteotomy Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Phototherapy Treatment with light. For example, a newborn with jaundice may be 'put under the lights.'
- Apopain See: Caspase 3
- Ovulation The release of the ripe egg from the ovary. The egg is released when the cavity surrounding it (the follicle)…
- Costochondritis Costochondritis is inflammation of the cartilage of the chest wall, usually involving that which surrounds…
- Keratoma An area of hardened skin, usually called a callus
- MIC-1 Macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1. A divergent member of the transforming growth factor beta superfamily…
- Gestational diabetes Gestational diabetes: See: Diabetes, gestational.
- Esophagogastric tamponade A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus and stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…