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Maternal mortality rate
The number of maternal deaths related to childbearing divided by the number of live births (or by the number of live births + fetal deaths) in that year. The maternal mortality rate in the United States in 1993 (and 1994) was 0.1 per 1,000…
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Show more- Enzyme replacement A strategy designed to replace missing enzyme activity in a patient. This strategy currently involves the…
- Stickler syndrome, type III See: Stickler syndrome
- Hypothalamic hamartoma A benign tumor of the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst…
- Fasciolopsis The giant intestinal fluke. See: Fasciolopsis.
- Somnoplasty Somnoplasty: A surgical treatment to stop snoring. Somnoplasty uses heat energy to remove tissues of the soft…
- Syndrome, Jadassohn-Lewandowski This is a type of what is called pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth). The characteristic…
- Code The genetic code is the correspondence between the triplet of bases in DNA with the amino acids. The…
- Antinuclear antibody Antinuclear antibody: An unusual antibody that is directed against structures within the nucleus of the cell…
- Bone, cranial Part of the top portion of the skull which protects the brain. The bones of the cranium include the frontal…
- Chondrogenesis imperfecta See: Achondrogenesis type II
- Therapy, electroshock See Electroconvulsive therapy
- TMJ Tempero-mandibular joint, the joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull.