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- Neurosyphilis Neurological complications in the third (tertiary) and final phase of syphilis, which involve the central…
- Tuberculotic See: Tuberculous
- Sensitivity, analytic See: Analytic sensitivity
- Akinetic mutism A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology…
- Disease, graft-versus-host A reaction of donated bone marrow against a patient's own tissue. Also called GVHD
- Line, germ A sequence of cells, each descended from earlier cells in the lineage, which will develop into new sperm and…
- Kala-azar A chronic and potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs, particularly the…
- Red jungle fowl genome The genome of Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Diabetes, labile A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Molar In dentistry, a molar is one of the posterior teeth well adapted to grinding, in keeping with its origin from…
- Rasmussen encephalitis A rare progressive neurological disorder that is characterized by intractable seizures and progressive…