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Disorder, cephalic
A congenital condition that stems from damage to, or abnormal development of, the budding nervous system. Cephalic is a term that means 'head' or 'head end of the body.' Congenital means the disorder is present at, and usually before…
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- Selenoprotein A peculiar class of proteins that contain the essential trace element selenium. The selenium in these…
- Syndrome, burning mouth An intense burning sensation on the tongue, often at the tip of the tongue. The burning mouth syndrome tends…
- Fructose A sugar that occurs naturally in fruits and honey. Fructose has 4 calories per gram
- Chyme A pre-digested, acidified mass of food that passes from the stomach into the small intestine
- Campylobacter jejuni A bacterium that typically infects the bowels. Now the leading cause of bacterial food poisoning…
- Respiratory papillomatosis, recurrent Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis involves the growth of numerous warty growths in the larynx on the vocal…
- Fibroblast A cell ubiquitous in connective tissue that makes and secretes collagen
- FALDH deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Nonpenetrant trait A genetic trait (characteristic) that is present in the genome but does not manifest itself in the…
- Subarachnoid Literally, beneath the arachnoid, the middle of three membranes that cover the central nervous system. In…
- Vaginal infection, bacterial See: Bacterial vaginosis