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Amusia
The inability to recognize musical tones or to reproduce them. Amusia can be congenital (present at birth) or be acquired sometime later in life (as from brain damage). Amusia is composed of a- + -musia and literally means the lack of…
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- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, due to mutation of a gene that…
- Milwaukee brace One of the two main types of braces used to treat the lateral curve of the spine in scoliosis. This brace can…
- Stress fracture A fracture caused by repetitive stress, as may occur in sports, strenuous exercise, or heavy physical labor…
- Leg, ankle and foot bones There are 62 lower extremity bones. They consist of 10 hip and leg, 14 ankle and 38 foot bones. > >The 10 hip…
- Membranous vitreous type Stickler syndrome Yndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Medical Research Council Although little known to the general public, the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) is a key resource…
- Inheritance Not something that is contained in a will, but rather a gene, chromosome or genome that is transmitted from…
- MRD Minimal residual disease, evidence for the presence of residual malignant cells, even when so few cancer…
- Wilkins, Lawson American physician (1894-1963) who founded pediatric endocrinology. At Johns Hopkins Medical School in…
- Jennerian method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) This is an extraordinary cancer family syndrome. People with LFS have a tendency to develop a great diversity…