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Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome
See: Stickler syndrome
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Show more- Behind-the-ear hearing aid A hearing aid worn behind the ear. The device amplifies sounds more than most other types of hearing aids…
- Kilobase Unit of length of DNA equal to 1000 nucleotide bases
- A.c. Abbreviation on a prescription meaning before meals; from the Latin 'ante cibum', before meals. This is one…
- Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion: A warning that the body is getting too hot. The person may be thirsty, giddy, weak…
- Intraoperative During surgery. Literally, within surgery. Intraoperative hemorrhage is bleeding during surgery
- Acoustic aphasia See: Auditory aphasia
- Allergy, peanut See: Peanut allergy
- Drug, ACE-inhibitor A drug that inhibits ACE (angiotensin converting enzyme) which is important to the formation of angiotensin…
- Night sweats Night sweats: Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats can have…
- Diagnosis, retrospective See: Retrodiagnosis
- Abiological See: Abiotic
- Dysphonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia.