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Law, Hardy-Weinberg
Basic concept in population genetics discovered independently in 1908 by the great English mathematician G(odfrey) H(arold) Hardy and Wilhelm Weinberg, a physician in Germany. The Hardy-Weinberg law is a cornerstone of clinical genetics…
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Show more- Medical etymology The origin of medical words and terms. Etymology is an account of the origins and the developments in the…
- Blastocystosis Infection with Blastocystis hominis, a common microscopic parasite found worldwide. Symptoms may include…
- Baby teeth See: Primary teeth
- Paraneoplastic syndrome The collective signs and symptoms caused by a substance emanating from a tumor or in reaction to a tumor…
- Cutaneous allodynia Pain resulting from an innocuous stimulus to normal skin or scalp. The stimulus that triggers allodynia is…
- Hypertension, pulmonary See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Desmoplasia This term refers to the growth of fibrous or connective tissue. Some tumors elicit a desmoplastic reaction…
- John La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Wezand See: Weasand
- Buschke disease See: Scleredema
- Test, Pap A screening test for cervical cancer based on the examination under the microscope of cells collected from…
- Peripheral vascular disease Peripheral vascular disease: A disease of blood vessels outside the heart. Peripheral vascular disease (PVD)…