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- Polycystic kidney disease, infantile See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal recessive
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- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Dobelle See: Dobelle, William
- Incurable Not amenable to a cure. Incapable of being cured, healed and made well again. Many pancreatic cancers are…
- KUB film An X-ray showing the kidney, ureter, and bladder. This is in reality a plain abdominal X-ray and includes…
- Venereal wart A wart that is confined primarily to the moist skin of the genitals. These warts are due to viruses belonging…
- Syndrome, Cornelia de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
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- Hyperbilirubinemia type I Better known as Gilbert's disease, a common but harmless genetic condition in which a liver enzyme essential…