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Kernicterus
Kernicterus: A type of brain damage associated with athetoid cerebral palsy (uncontrollable movement of the face, body, arms, and legs) and deafness. Kernicterus is due to marked jaundice in the newborn period. The high blood level of the…
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- Normal range By convention, the normal range for whatever (a particular test, condition, symptom, behavior, etc.) is set…
- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Voiding cystourethrography A procedure done to examine the bladder and urethra while the bladder fills and empties. A radiopaque liquid…
- Fragile site A term devised in 1969 by Frederick Hecht to denote a heritable point on a chromosome where gaps and breaks…
- SMAD4/DPC4 See: MADH4
- Visceral Referring to the viscera, the internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart…
- Hemiplegia Paralysis of one side of the body. From hemi- (half) + plege (a blow, stroke)
- Deficiency, magnesium Can occur due to inadequate intake or impaired intestinal absorption of magnesium. Low magnesium…
- Alogia 1. Complete lack of speech, as in profound mental retardation or advanced dementia. Alogia is synonymous in…
- Retrovirus An RNA virus (a virus composed not of DNA but of RNA). Retroviruses have an enzyme called reverse…
- BSL-4 Biosafety level 4. The highest level of biosafety. This level is used for the diagnosis of exotic agents such…