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Epithelial basement corneal dystrophy
A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines, geographic map-like lines, and dots (or microcysts) on examination with a slit-lamp that focuses a high intensity light beam as a…
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Show more- Roach-2 Or roaches. Street term for Rohypnol
- Aer-, aero- Prefix indicating a problem due to air or gas, such as aerogastria (excess stomach gas.
- Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein (MSAFP) The presence of AFP, a plasma protein normally produced by the fetus, in the mother's blood. MSAFP serves as…
- Alpha linolenic acid See: Alpha-linolenic acid
- Lancet, The A weekly medical journal headquartered in London. Published uninterruptedly and with the same title since…
- Strollerobics The supportive framework of an organ (or gland or other structure), usually composed of connective tissue…
- Hotel-Dieu A name often given to a hospital in France during the Middle Ages. Hotel-Dieu literally means the hotel (of)…
- Cranial nerve, ninth The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Genitalia, female See: Female genitalia
- B. coli The protozoan parasite Balantidium coli. See: Balantidium
- Dystonia, Segawa Dystonia, Segawa: An important variant form of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). DRD typically begins in…
- Syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome