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Androgen insensitivity syndrome, complete
A genetic disorder that makes XY fetuses insensitive (unresponsive) to androgens (male hormones). Instead, they are born looking externally like normal girls. Internally, there is a short blind-pouch vagina and no uterus, fallopian tubes…
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- Random The process by which an outcome is determined solely by chance, for example, by a coin flip. A randomized…
- Lipoprotein A complex of lipid and protein, the way lipids travel in the blood. Cholesterol, a building block of the…
- Roofer's knee See prepatellar bursitis.
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Glenoid labrum A ring of fibrocartilage that runs around the cavity of the scapula (wingbone) in which the head of the…
- Nerve palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Machine, CPM A machine used to help rehabilitate a limb (an arm or leg). The continuous passive motion (CPM) machine is…
- Cancer, larynx Cancer of the voice box (the larynx) which is located at the top of the windpipe (trachea). Also called…
- Wharton's jelly A gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord. Wharton's jelly is a rich source of stem cells. Named for…
- RNA editing The process in which messenger RNA (mRNA) is chemically modified ('edited') after it is synthesized (made)…
- Meningococcal infection Infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. (Neisseria was formerly called Meningococcus and the…