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Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD)
Dystonia, dopa-responsive (DRD): A condition that typically begins in childhood or adolescence with progressive difficulty in walking and, in some cases, spasticity and can be successfully treated with drugs. Segawa dystonia is an…
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- GAD Generalized anxiety disorder
- Endometrium The uterine lining; the cells that line the uterus (the womb); the inner layer of the uterus. This tissue is…
- MEDLINE MEDLINE® is the best known database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM). MEDLINE enables anyone to…
- Irrigation of the colon The use of liquid solutions given by enema to remove material from the rectum or colon, ostensibly to…
- Meiotic drive Preferential selection during meiosis (germ cell production). In meiotic drive there is preferential…
- Pharmacopeia Also spelled pharmacopoeia, an official authoritative listing of drugs. Aspirin has, for example, long been…
- Genitalia, male external See: Male external genitalia
- Urea breath test (UBT) The urea breath test (UBT) is a procedure for diagnosing the presence of a bacterium, Helicobacter pylori (H…
- Brunhilde virus Type 1 poliovirus. Named after a female chimpanzee from which it was first isolated. There are two other…
- Bias 1. When a point of view prevents impartial judgment on issues relating to the subject of that point of view…
- EBV Epstein-Barr virus, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…