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Syndrome, Stevens-Johnson
A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction). This disorder was not recognized until 1962 when it was described by Drs. Kok and Bruyn as a disease with the onset at birth of…
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- Neurocysticercosis Infection of the brain by the larval form of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. Neurocysticercosis is a form of…
- Prokaryote A unicellular organism lacking a nuclear membrane, a discrete nucleus, and other specialized compartments…
- Gigantism, eunuchoid Extremely tall stature due to the delayed onset of puberty which permits the continued growth of the long…
- Food irradiation A food safety technology designed to eliminate disease-causing germs from foods. Treating food with ionizing…
- Hypovolemia An abnormal decrease in blood volume or, strictly speaking, an abnormal decrease in the volume of blood…
- Arch, vertebral See: Vertebral arch
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- Wart Wart: A local growth of the outer layer of the skin (the epidermis) caused by a virus. The virus of warts (a…
- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet