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Mental retardation and clasped thumbs
A syndrome with the following characteristic features:(1) Neurological: Mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech);(2) Limbs: Clasped (adducted) thumbs, absent extensor pollicis longus and/or brevis muscles to the thumb, shuffling…
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- Visual acuity test This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Hypoalbuminemia An abnormally low blood level of albumin. Normally, albumin is the most plentiful protein in human blood and…
- Peromyscus maniculatus See: Deer mouse
- Chondromalacia patellae The patellofemoral syndrome (PFS), the most common cause of chronic knee pain. PFS characteristically causes…
- Syndrome, deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Sweet wormwood A Chinese herb (also called qinghaosu) from which is extracted the antimalarial agent artemisinin
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- Abortion In medicine, an abortion is the premature exit of the products of conception (the fetus, fetal membranes, and…
- Heart murmur An unusual heart sound which may be innocent or reflect disease.
- Breast reduction Breast reduction: Surgical reduction of breast size in order to reduce the weight of the breasts and relieve…
- Group B streptococcus infection A major cause of infections, including infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn infant. Strep…