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Deficiency, ankyrin
Known also as hereditary spherocytosis (HS), this is a genetic disorder of the red blood cell membrane clinically characterized by anemia, jaundice (yellowing) and splenomegaly (enlargement of the spleen), due to deficiency of ankyrin, a…
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Show more- Hyperactivity A higher than normal level of activity. An organ can be described as hyperactive if it is more active than…
- Cheek The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the…
- Radiotherapy, stereotactic Radiation therapy in which a number of precisely aimed beams of ionizing radiation coming from different…
- Insular sclerosis See: Multiple sclerosis
- Postural hypotension A drop in blood pressure (hypotension) due to a change in body position (posture) when a person moves to a…
- Additive genetic effects A mechanism of quantitative inheritance such that the combined effects of genetic alleles at two or more gene…
- Angiitis See: Vasculitis
- Cortex The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer…
- WNL Within normal limits. A laboratory test result may for instance be WNL.
- Keratoconjunctivitis Inflammation of the eye involving both the cornea and the conjunctiva. Keratoconjunctivitis can be due to…
- Optic nerve The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. The optic nerve carries the impulses formed by the retina, the…
- Gastroesophageal junction The junction between the stomach and the esophagus; the place where the esophagus connects to the stomach