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Syndrome, Kanner
(Also called autism). A spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders characterized by deficits in social interaction and communication, and unusual and repetitive behavior. Some, but not all, people with autism are non-verbal. Autism is normally…
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- Dizygotic twin A twins who have shared a common uterine environment with its twin but is due to a different fertilized ovum…
- Genetic meltdown A genomic crisis due to an extraordinarily high rate of mutation, a phenomenon known to occur in viruses and…
- Genu The Latin word for the knee. When the knee is referred to in medicine, it is just called the knee. However…
- FBN1 The fibrillin 1 gene. This gene is mutated in Marfan syndrome, the MASS syndrome, and related disorders of…
- Compression 1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression…
- Achilles tendonitis Inflammation of the Achilles tendon, the tough sinew that attaches the calf muscle to the back of the…
- Ser Serine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Skin graft, split-thickness A graft technique in which sheets of skin containing the epidermis and part of the dermis are used
- Syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White A condition caused by an abnormality in the electrical system of the heart which normally tells the heart…
- Slow virus 1. A virus that has a long incubation period before the onset of a gradually progressive disease. 2…
- Immunoglobulin A A major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as saliva, tears, and sweat…