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Peeling agent
An agent that promotes the softening and shedding of the horny outer layer of the skin. Also called a keratolytic
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- Brainstem implant A type of hearing aid that bypasses the cochlea in the middle ear and the auditory nerve and is implanted in…
- Jacksonian epilepsy See: Epilepsy, Jacksonian
- Thalassemia major The dire disease also known as beta thalassemia. The clinical picture of this form of anemia was first…
- Eye, no Also called anophthalmia, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe. Anophthalmia refers…
- Polypsis of the colon Multiple polyps with a high malignant potential in the large bowel. This hereditary condition is also known…
- AAP The American Academy of Pediatrics
- Hypermnesia Abnormally strong memory of the past. As compared to hypomnesia and amnesia. From hyper- + the Greek mneme…
- Rhinorrhea Medical term for a runny nose. From the Greek words 'rhinos' meaning 'of the nose' and 'rhoia' meaning 'a…
- Syndrome, McKusick-Kaufman A genetic disorder in which there is build-up of fluids (called hydrometrocolpos) in the vagina and the…