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Schizophrenia, childhood
Schizophrenia, childhood: The onset of schizophrenia before adulthood. This condition is very rare in young children, but occurs with more frequency in the teenage years. Autism was once known as childhood schizophrenia, but is a…
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- Male The traditional definition of male was 'an individual of the sex that produces sperm' (or some such)…
- Subtelomeric Below the telomere, the end of a chromosome. For example, it has been reported that subtle subtelomeric…
- Vasodepressor syncope The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of…
- Intrauterine growth retardation A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Vestibular neuronitis Inflammation of the vestibular nerve, the nerve running to the vestibule. (The vestibule is in the inner ear…
- Heart rehab See: Cardiac rehabilitation
- Varus (vara, varum) Angled inward, bent or twisted inward, as in cubitus varus, hallux varus, talipes equinovarus…
- Biopsy, incisional See: Incisional biopsy
- Alveolar hydatid disease >By directly ingesting food contaminated with stool from foxes or coyotes. This might include grass, herbs…
- Secondary amyloidosis Amyloidosis: One of a group of diseases (called amyloidosis) in which protein deposits (amyloid) accumulate…
- Null mutation A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…