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Cervical kyphosis, postmenopausal
An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager's hump. A…
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- Activity, drug A measure of the physiological response a drug produces in the body. A less active drug produces less…
- Ultrasound/Ultrasonography A test in which high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) are bounced off tissues and the echoes are converted…
- Protein kinase A An enzyme system that is activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and that catalyzes the activity…
- Notifiable disease See: Reportable disease
- Hydrops fetalis Gross edema (swelling), usually with anemia, of the fetus. It can be due to Rh blood group incompatibility…
- Hoarding, pathological Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice that sounds…
- Stones, cystine kidney Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- Paraphimosis A condition in which the foreskin of the penis, once retracted, cannot return to its original location. The…
- Immunology The study of all aspects of the immune system including its structure and function, disorders of the immune…
- CNS (central nervous system) That part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS)…
- MEF2A A transcription factor that participates in vascular development. MEF2A is a member of the myocyte enhancer…