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Progressive cardiomyopathic lentiginosis
See: LEOPARD syndrome
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- HHT Abbreviation for the disease called hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia. See: Hereditary hemorrhagic…
- Positive pressure ventilation The provision of oxygen under pressure by a mechanical respirator, a machine designed to improve the exchange…
- Test, visual field A test which measures the extent and distribution of the field of vision. The visual field test may be done…
- Hyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis: Excessive sweating. Hidrosis meaning sweating, so hyperhidrosis is too much sweating.
- DNA virus A virus in which the genetic material is DNA rather than RNA. The DNA may be either double- or…
- Serratus anterior One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serrautus anterior originates from the lateral aspect…
- Uncertainty You may be uncertain why 'uncertainty' deserves a place in a medical dictionary but some would say that…
- Vrolik's disease Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the…
- Achondrogenesis-hypochondrogenesis, type II See: Achondrogenesis type II
- Cell sorter, fluorescence-activated A flow cytometer (a scientific instrument used to measure the characteristics of individual cells) that is…
- Pressor Causing a rise in blood pressure. A pressor base is a substance (chemically classified as a base) capable of…