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Syndrome, burning mouth
An intense burning sensation on the tongue, often at the tip of the tongue. The burning mouth syndrome tends to develop in supertasters and post-menopausal women. Supertasters have an unusually large density of taste buds, each surrounded…
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Show more- Genomics The study of genes and their function. Genomics aims to understand the structure of the genome, including the…
- Shin spot A light brown or reddish oval or round scaly patch on the skin of the shin. Shin spots can be due to…
- Mediterranean diet >High consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread and other cereals, potatoes, beans, nuts and seeds; >Olive oil…
- Aneurysm, atherosclerotic See: Atherosclerotic aneurysm
- Insufficiency, small intestine See: Short bowel syndrome
- Chondrodysplasia, metaphyseal (McKusick type) See: Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
- Familial juvenile nephronophthisis (FJN) A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys…
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the…
- Neoplasm A tumor. An abnormal growth of tissue. The word neoplasm is not synonymous with cancer. A neoplasm may be…
- Prosthesis, auditory See: Auditory prosthesis
- Hemoglobin E Normal embryonic hemoglobin, the main type of hemoglobin found in the human embryo. The E stands for…
- Vein, varicose See: Varicose vein