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Corneal dystrophy, microcystic
A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts), geographic map-like lines, and grayish fingerprint lines on examination with a slit-lamp, a device that focuses a high intensity light…
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- Gum disease Gum disease: Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and…
- Hypopigmented Underpigmented.
- Pacemaker Pacemaker: A system that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set the heart rhythm. The…
- Pons A specific section of the brain formed by the rounded prominence on the front surface of the brainstem. (The…
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…
- Strabismus surgery Surgery for strabismus, a condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear…
- ShRNA Short hairpin RNA. A short sequence of RNA which makes a tight hairpin turn and can be used to silence gene…
- Sib Sibling
- Methemoglobin A particular type of hemoglobin that is altered so that it is useless for carrying oxygen and delivering it…
- Auditory disease, central A condition in which there is an inability to differentiate, recognize or understand sounds while both the…