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Blepharophimosis
Horizontal narrowing of the palpebral fissures (eye slits)
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- Pathogenicity island The genetic element, the 'island of evil', within the genome of an organism that is responsible for its…
- Hypoplastic anemia-triphalangeal thumbs E-Smith type: See: Aase-Smith syndrome II
- NLM (National Library of Medicine) The world's largest medical library, the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) is part of the National…
- Heart, artificial A manmade heart. An artificial heart was temporarily implanted in 1969 by Denton Cooley in Houston, Texas…
- Genome, bovine See: Bovine genome
- Cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE) Gas bubbles traveling and lodging (embolizing) in the arteries that supply the brain with blood (and oxygen)…
- GOLD-0 One of the stages of chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), according to the Global Initiative for Chronic…
- Hepatic artery See: Liver biopsy.