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Faciogenital dysplasia
See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
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- Coccydynia Coccydynia: Pain in the coccyx (the tailbone). The coccyx is the small bone at the bottom of the spine very…
- Disease, Menetrier's See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Vertebra, second cervical The second cervical vertebra is called the axis. It is so-named because the uppermost cervical vertebra…
- Tattoos & permanent makeup The intradermal application of inks for the purpose of tattooing or permanent makeup (also known as…
- Acute thrombocytopenic purpura The sudden onset of low blood platelet levels with bleeding into the skin and elsewhere. Acute…
- Genome, cholera See: Cholera genome
- Constitutional thrombopathy See: Von Willebrand disease
- Test, Rorschach A psychological test involving inkblots. The inkblots are used to determine what a person perceives (reads…
- Seabather's itch An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Y sex-determining region A region on the Y chromosome that determines the sex of the individual. This region goes by the symbol SRY…
- Membrane A very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface.