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Cleft palate prosthesis
A prosthetic device designed to close the opening left by a cleft in the palate and thereby to improve feeding and speech
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- Diabetes, juvenile-onset See Diabetes, type 1
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- Paraskevidekatriaphobia Fear of Friday the 13th. The word 'paraskevidekatriaphobia' was devised by Dr. Donald Dossey who told his…
- Stercolith See: Fecalith
- Nummular eczema Coin-shaped patches of irritated skin-most common on the arms, back, buttocks, and lower legs that may be…
- RNA virus, positive-strand See: Positive-strand RNA virus
- Scuba health Common medical problems in scuba diving include cuts, scrapes and other injuries to the arms and legs and…
- Morbilli Another name for measles, an acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes…
- Middle ear infection, acute Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Uterine contraction The tightening and shortening of the uterine muscles. During labor, contractions accomplish two things: (1)…