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Miller-Dieker syndrome
A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic facial appearance with a prominent forehead with bitemporal hollowing, short nose with upturned nares, thickened upper lip with a thin…
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- Neuroplasticity The brain's ability to reorganize itself by forming new neural connections throughout life. Neuroplasticity…
- Refraction test Also termed vision test, the refraction test is an examination that tests an individual's ability to see an…
- Luteinizing hormone A hormone released by the pituitary gland in response to luteinizing hormone- releasing hormone. Abbreviated…
- Echocardiography, stress Stress: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress echocardiography, the sound…
- Excision 1. Surgical removal, as in the excision of a tumor. 2. The removal as if by surgery, as in base excision…
- Encephalitis Inflammation of the brain. Encephalitis occurs, for example, in 1 in 1,000 cases of measles. It may start (up…
- Anorectic 1. Pertaining to anorexia, lack of appetite.2. A drug or other agent that causes anorexia and so diminishes…
- Idiopathic nephrotic syndrome of childhood See: Minimal change disease
- Electroshock therapy See Electroconvulsive therapy
- Nerve, ninth cranial The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. All 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…