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Nijmegen breakage syndrome
A genetic disease named for the city of Nijmegen (in The Netherlands) with increased chromosome breakage, immunodeficiency and an increased risk of malignancy. Children with the syndrome appear abnormal with stunted growth before and after…
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Show more- Bedwetting Bedwetting: Involuntary urination in bed. Bedwetting is called 'enuresis,' from the Greek 'enourin' meaning…
- Corticosteroid allergy A delayed allergic reaction to corticosteroid (drugs similar to cortisone). This occurs in 1-4% of people who…
- Rochalimaea quintana Now preferentially referred to as Bartonella quintana, this is an unusual rickettsial organism that can…
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Effective dose The dose of a drug that will achieve the desired effect
- Singultus A rarely used medical word for an ordinary hiccup. A hiccough is an extraordinary type of breathing movement…
- Dysphoric mania The concurrent presence of symptoms of depression and mania together. Also called Mixed bipolar state
- Health, Saami See: Artic health
- Multifactorial inheritance The type of hereditary pattern seen when there is more than one genetic factor involved and, sometimes, when…
- Succenturiate placenta An extra placenta separate from the main placenta. In anatomy 'succenturiate' means substituting for or…
- Antigen A substance that is capable of causing the production of an antibody. Antigens may or may not lead to an…
- MI A poisonous vapor or mist believed to be made up of particles from decomposing material that could cause…