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Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter
White matter: An inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children. and follows a chronic progressive course with additional episodes of rapid deterioration following stress from febrile infection or minor head trauma…
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Show more- Aging, National Institute on One of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). The mission of the National Institute on Aging is to 'lead…
- Anfinsen See: Anfinsen, Christian Boehmer, Jr.
- Stage of dilatation The part of labor when the cervix dilates fully (to 10 centimeters). Also called the first stage of labor
- Hemophilia heterozygote See: Hemophilia carrier
- Double-masked See: Double-blind
- Weighing, hydrostatic See: Underwater weighing
- Aleve See: Naproxen
- Marmoreal Resembling marble. For example, the bone in osteoporosis appears marmoreal. From the Latin noun 'marmor'…
- Conjunctivitis Inflammation of the conjunctiva, the membrane on the inner part of the eyelids and the membrane covering the…
- Noncoding DNA The strand of DNA that does not carry the information necessary to make proteins. DNA normally has two…
- Snoreplasty, injection An injection of a chemical called sodium tetradecyl sulfate that promotes stiffening of the soft palate by…
- Chromosome, metaphase See: Y chromosome