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Ramsay Hunt, James
Pre-eminent 20th-century American neurologist (1872-1937) who described a number of important diseases. Including: > >Ramsay Hunt paralysis: An hereditary disorder resembling adult Parkinson's disease, but less severe, characterized by…
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Show more- Floating-Harbor syndrome A genetic condition characterized by the triad of short stature apparent at birth with significantly delayed…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 7 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the DJ1…
- White cell differential, automated A machine-generated percentage of the different types of white blood cells, usually split into granulocytes…
- CoQ10 See: Coenzyme Q10
- SGA Small for gestational age. SGA infants weigh 2500 g or less at birth and are considered to have intrauterine…
- Acquired deafness Deafness: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not present at…
- Lipid Another word for 'fat.' (Please see the various meanings of Fat.) A lipid is more formally defined as a…
- Cavy See: Guinea pig
- Sinus rhythm The normal regular rhythm of the heart set by the natural pacemaker of the heart called the sinoatrial (or…
- Histo spot A small circular punched-out spot in the retina at a site where spores of the fungus histoplasma (histo)…
- Circum- Prefix meaning around, surrounding, or encircling. As in circumcision, circumflex, and circumjacent. From the…
- Nodular Bumpy.