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Lissencephaly syndrome
See: Miller-Dieker syndrome
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- Cecal Pertaining to the cecum (also spelled caecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower…
- Ribozyme An RNA molecule that can catalyze its own chemical reactions
- Anoscopy Anoscopy is a procedure used to visualize the wall of the anus and lowest portion of the rectum. Anoscopy can…
- Renal capsule The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney
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- Mastectomy, modified radical Removal of the breast tissue and the axillary lymph nodes, which are under the arms