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Syndrome, congenital rubella
The constellation of abnormalities caused by infection with the rubella (German measles) virus before birth. The syndrome is characterized by multiple congenital malformations (birth defects) and mental retardation. The individual features…
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- Vestibule In medicine and dentistry, a vestibule is a space or cavity at the entrance to a canal, channel, tube…
- Isolate A group in which mating is always between members of the group. For example, the Amish.
- Cysticercus The larval form of any of the Taenia tapeworms. The plural is cysticerci. Infection with cysticerci is…
- Transplantation, cross-species A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's blood and used in bone marrow…
- Th2 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell
- Stargardt disease An hereditary eye disease that is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. (The…
- Dura mater Literally, hard mother (in Latin). The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes…
- Melanoma, iris See: Intraocular melanoma
- Flaviviridae A family of viruses transmitted by mosquitos and ticks that cause some important diseases, including dengue…
- Quackery Deliberate misrepresentation of the ability of a substance or device for the prevention or treatment of…
- Laribacter hongkongensis A novel type of bacterium first isolated in Hong Kong in 2001 from the blood and empyema (pus in the chest)…