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Thrive, failure to (FTT)
Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is no official consensus on what constitutes FTT. It usually refers to a child whose growth is below the 3rd or 5th percentiles for their age or whose…
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Show more- Tyrosinemia type II A metabolic genetic disease due to deficiency of the enzyme tyrosine transaminase. The disease is…
- Elastase 2 Neutrophil elastase, an enzyme in neutrophils that digests elastin. The gene ELA2 encoding elastase 2 is on…
- Oral Having to do with the mouth; given by mouth, as in an oral solution
- Acute bacterial prostatitis Prostatitis: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial infection. The…
- Retinoschisis, juvenile See: Juvenile retinoschisis
- Immunity The condition of being immune. Immunity can be innate (for example, humans are innately immune to canine…
- AFAP Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
- Lattice dystrophy A form of hereditary corneal dystrophy in which there is an accumulation of amyloid deposits, or abnormal…
- Fever, undulant An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that characteristically causes rising and falling fevers…
- Mitral valve A valve in the heart situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle that permits blood to flow from…
- Kneecap The medical name for the kneecap is the patella. Whichever name -- kneecap or patella -- you prefer, it is…
- Litmus A pigment used as a test for acidity and alkalinity. Litmus paper turns red in acid and blue in an alkaline…