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Myasthenia gravis
Prefix that denotes a relationship to fungus. From the Greek mykes, meaning fungus.
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Show more- Depigmentation Loss of color (pigment) from the skin, mucous membranes, hair, or retina of the eye. The color of the skin…
- Defibrillator storm A condition that arises when a defibrillator implanted in the chest to right an arrhythmia (an abnormal heart…
- Immunologist A person who is knowledgeable about immunology.
- Endoscopic ultrasound Ultrasound: Aviated EUS. A procedure that combines endoscopy and ultrasound to obtain images and information…
- Auricle 1. The principal projecting part of the ear. Also called the pinna.2. Something ear shaped such as the upper…
- Hypohidrosis Subnormal sweating, less sweating than usual. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hypohidrosis is literally…
- APT1 See: FAS gene
- Cranial arteritis A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels…
- Oligodendroglioma A rare slow-growing type of brain tumor that begins in cells called oligodendrocytes, which provide support…
- Lesion Pronounced 'lee-sion' with the emphasis on the 'lee,' a lesion can be almost any abnormality involving any…
- Moral behavior center An area of the brain in what is known as the prefrontal cortex. Children who suffer damage before 16 months…
- Thymus and parathyroids, hypoplasia of See: DiGeorge syndrome