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Fever, Mediterranean
Fever, Mediterranean: A inherited disorder of unknown cause featuring short recurring bouts of fever together with pain in the joints, chest or abdomen. Also called Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Between attacks, the patient seems…
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Show more- Acrochordon A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). An acrochordon may appear on skin anywhere although…
- Hypotension Any blood pressure that is below the normal expected for an individual in a given environment. Hypotension is…
- Myriad A great number, a very large number, a huge number of something. There are, for example, myriad ways in which…
- LAMB syndrome Acronym for Lentigines, Atrial myxomas, Mucocutaneous myxomas, and Blue nevi. Now included in the Carney…
- Papillomavirus, human Pregnancy-associated plasma protein A.
- Chickenpox Immunization designed to prevent or lessen the severity of the common disease known as chickenpox. The…
- Reading frame, open See: Open reading frame
- Leukemia, acute myelogenous Leukemia, acute myelogenous: Abbreviated AML. Also called acute myeloid leukemia or acute nonlymphocytic…
- Iniencephaly A rare neural tube defect that combines extreme retroflexion (backward bending) of the head with severe…
- Knockout Inactivation of specific genes. Knockouts are often created in laboratory organisms such as yeast or mice so…
- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…
- Aarskog-Scott syndrome A syndrome of wide spaced eyes (ocular hypertelorism), front-facing (anteverted) nostrils, a broad upper lip…