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Apert syndrome acrocephalosyndactyly
An inherited disorder causing abnormalities of the skull, face and hands and feet. There is premature closure of some of the sutures of the skull (craniosynostosis) resulting in an abnormally shaped head (which is unusually tall but short…
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Show more- Pneumomediastinum Free air in the mediastinum (space betweens the lungs) which may give rise to pneumothorax or…
- Dengue fever Dengue fever: An acute mosquito- borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a benign course…
- Joint >Gliding -- one bony surface glides on another without angular or rotatory movement; >Angular -- occurs only…
- Prognosis 1. The expected course of a disease.2. The patient's chance of recovery. The prognosis predicts the outcome…
- Sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands…
- Titre Variant spelling of 'titer' -- the degree of dilution of a substance such as an antibody, reflecting the…
- PEJ Percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy
- Wt Weight. Wt 80 lbs = weight 80 pounds.
- Perfect pitch The inherent human ability to identify a note or sing it without hearing a reference note beforehand. Since…
- Recessive A condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of a mutant gene, one copy from…
- Pregnancy, alcohol in The consumption of alcohol during pregnancy carries the danger of damaging the fetus and causing fetal…
- NCEP The National Cholesterol Education Program. See: National Cholesterol Education Program