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Show more- Aux- Prefix indicating growth or increase
- Nocturnal enuresis Bedwetting at night. From the Greek 'enourin' meaning 'to urinate in.'
- Fat scales See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Osteogenesis imperfecta congenita See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type II.
- Forestier disease A form of degenerative arthritis characteristically associated with flowing calcification along the sides of…
- Myeloid Referring to the nonlymphocytic groups of white blood cells, including the granulocytes, monocytes and…
- Chin Medically, the mentum. The lower portion of the face below the lower lip including the prominence of the…
- Congenital defect A birth defect.
- Adams-Stokes disease Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…
- Promoter In molecular biology, a site on DNA to which the enzyme RNA polymerase can bind and initiate the…
- TTP (thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura) A life-threatening disease involving embolism and thrombosis (plugging) of the small blood vessels in the…
- Proposita A female through whom a family medically comes to light (is first ascertained). Also called the proband or…