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Braille system
A system of raised-dot writing devised by Louis Braille (1809-1852) for the blind in which each letter is represented as a raised pattern that can be read by touching with the fingers. The System: Each braille character or 'cell' is made…
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Show more- Blepharophimosis Horizontal narrowing of the palpebral fissures (eye slits)
- Alanine-glyoxylate aminotransferase A liver enzyme known, for short, as AGXT. See: AGXT
- Fibroma, desmoplastic A rare type of primary bone tumor characteristically composed of well-differentiated cells that produce…
- IV cholangiogram See: Intravenous cholangiogram
- Anaptic Suffering from an impaired sense of touch, (a state called anaphia) or tactile anesthesia. An anaptic person…
- Dystonia, writer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Extracolonic Outside the colon. An hereditary colon cancer syndrome may also predispose to extracolonic malignancies
- Zovirax Brand name of Acyclovir
- Braille system A system of raised-dot writing devised by Louis Braille (1809-1852) for the blind in which each letter is…
- Drug, sulfa One of the sulfonamides, the sulfa-related antibiotics which are used to treat bacterial and some fungal…
- Lactation The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the…
- Malattia leventinese An hereditary form of macular degeneration that results in progressive and irreversible visual loss. This…