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Disease, Parkinson
A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing of voluntary movements, a gait with short accelerating steps, peculiar posture and muscle weakness, caused by degeneration of an…
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Show more- XY The most frequent sex chromosome complement in human males
- Astigmatic Referring to astigmatism or a person with astigmatism, a common form of visual impairment in which part of an…
- Ear, malrotated See Ear, slanted
- Parenchymal Pertaining to the parenchyma of an organ. See: Parenchyma
- Gamma-linolenic acid Abbreviated GLA. An essential polyunsaturated fatty acid contained in some plant seed oils including evening…
- DT Diphtheria-Tetanus vaccine.
- Tomography, computerized axial Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Reinstein syndrome A heritable syndrome characterized by eye disease (specifically, macular degeneration and inverse retinitis…
- Mycobacterium A large family of bacteria that have unusually waxy cell walls that are resistant to digestion. The…
- Passive smoking The inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- ErbB See: EGFR
- Brunhilde virus Type 1 poliovirus. Named after a female chimpanzee from which it was first isolated. There are two other…