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Infantile hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features including delays in growth and development and myxedema surfacing during infancy. Myxedema is a dry waxy type of swelling, often…
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Show more- Shock, cardiogenic Shock caused by heart failure. The heart fails to pump blood effectively. For example, a heart attack (a…
- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- Allergy, peanut See: Peanut allergy
- Thyroid stimulating hormone A hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in response to signals from the…
- Aldosterone A hormone made by the outer portion (cortex) of the adrenal gland that regulates the balance of salt and…
- Effusion Too much fluid, an outpouring of fluid. A hemorrhagic effusion is one that has blood within the fluid. A…
- Syndrome, Danlos Better known today as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), is an inherited disorder with easy bruising, joint…
- Cranial nerve, third The third cranial nerve is the oculomotor nerve. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the…
- Klippel-Feil sequence Short neck, low hairline at the nape of the neck and limited movement of the head. Klippel-Feil sequence is…
- Fear of worms (parasitic) Feverish.
- Sulfa drug One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Antibiotic resistance Antibiotic resistance: The ability of bacteria and other microorganisms to withstand an antibiotic to which…