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MPS
Abbreviation for mucopolysaccharidosis
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- Eustachian tube The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Reactant, acute-phase See: Acute-phase protein
- Eye chart test This test measures how well you see at various distances. The eye chart itself -- the usual one is called…
- Cerebellar ataxia with progressive dementia See: Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Cylindromatosis, familial See: Familial cylindromatosis
- Disease, Plummer's Toxic multinodular goiter, a condition in which the thyroid gland contains multiple lumps (nodules) that are…
- Disease, Gilbert See Gilbert syndrome
- Auricular Of or pertaining to the outer ear. Adjective form of auricle. (Not to be confused with avuncular which refers…
- Carboxyhemoglobinemia The presence of carboxyhemoglobin in the blood. Carboxyhemoglobin, hemoglobin that has carbon monoxide bound…