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- Spina bifida A birth defect (a congenital malformation) in which there is a bony defect in the vertebral column so that…
- Arm 1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical…
- Kostmann disease Children born with this condition lack neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting…
- Blood glucose The main sugar that the body makes from the food in the diet. Glucose is carried through the bloodstream to…
- Life support 1. A therapy or device designed to preserve someone's life when an essential bodily system is not doing so…
- GDF-8 The gene encoding growth and differentiation factor, also known as myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Psychodynamic therapy A type of psychotherapy that draws on psychoanalytic theory to help people understand the roots of emotional…
- Demarcation A setting of limits; a boundary; marking the limits of, delimiting; setting apart, separating. The word…
- Neuroma, optic A benign tumor of the optic nerve
- Cynophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of dogs. Sufferers from cynophobia experience anxiety even though they…
- Spasmodic dysphonia A voice disorder caused by involuntary movements of one or more muscles of the larynx or voice box. People…