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Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes
Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
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- Gene, Med1 DNA repair A gene that codes for one of the key enzymes involved in repairing DNA. The DNA in genes is constantly…
- Local therapy Treatment that affects only a tumor and the area close to it.
- Roseola infantum Roseola infantum: Roseola infantum is another name for roseola, also formally called roseola infantilis. The…
- Disease, pulseless See: Takayasu disease
- Power-of-attorney for health-care decision-making See: Proxy. health care.
- Scale, skin A thin piece of the outermost layer of skin resembling a fish scale. They represent a heaping up of the…
- Liver of pregnancy, acute fatty Liver failure in late pregnancy, usually from unknown cause. Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) typically…
- Open charting The practice of making medical charts available to the patient
- Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Y Diseases (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Summer cold A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a 'summer cold' may be similar to those of a real…