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Tylosis with esophageal cancer
A genetic disorder characterized by thickening (hyperkeratosis) of the palms and soles, white patches in the mouth (oral leukoplakia), and a very high risk of esophageal cancer. This is the only genetic syndrome known to predispose to…
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- Genome, chicken See: Chicken genome
- Syndrome, Pendred See Pendred syndrome
- Hansen's bacillus See: Hansen bacillus
- Ileitis, terminal Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine involving only the end of the small…
- Abdominal Relating to the abdomen, the belly, that part of the body that contains all of the structures between the…
- Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in both autosomal dominant and recessive manners and in which the…
- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Imbricate Overlapping like shingles or tiles on a roof. The scales on a snake are imbricate. From the Latin imbricatus…
- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Acute-phase reactant See: Acute-phase protein
- Endocardium The lining of the interior surface of the heart chambers. The endocardium consists of a layer of endothelial…