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Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
The Gorlin syndrome
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- Ubiquitous Present everywhere. The small protein called ubiquitin was so-named because it is present in all types of…
- Burn, third degree A burn in which the damage has progressed to the point of skin death. The skin is white and without sensation
- Brain plasticity See Neuroplasticity
- Mortality A fatal outcome or, in one word, death. The word 'mortality' is derived from 'mortal' which came from the…
- Body hearing aid A type of hearing aid that comprises a rectangular case carried on the body connected by cords to earmolds. A…
- Smallpox vaccination of eye See Vaccinia keratitis
- Height growth See: Normal growth
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy: A procedure in which a long flexible viewing tube (a colonoscope) is threaded up through the…
- Becker muscular dystrophy A chronic, progressive muscle degeneration disease. A form of muscular dystrophy that is quite similar to…
- Superficial See: Melanoma, superficial spreading.
- Ophthalmitis Inflammation of the eye. Also known as ophthalmia