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Chronic fatigue syndrome
See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
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- GDF-8 The gene encoding growth and differentiation factor, also known as myostatin. See: Myostatin
- Pedophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of babies and children. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize…
- Outpatient A patient who is not an inpatient (not hospitalized) but instead is cared for elsewhere -- as in a doctor's…
- Syndrome, Gelineau A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Named for a French…
- Bile duct cancer An uncommon type of cancer that arises from the bile duct, the tube that connects the liver and the…
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- Palate, cleft An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully…
- Tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Angiokeratoma corporis diffusum universale See: Fabry disease
- Syndrome, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing syndrome is an…
- Atrophy Wasting away or diminution. Muscle atrophy is wasting of muscle, decrease in muscle mass. A nerve can also…