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Musset sign
See: de Musset sign
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- Cephal- Prefix indicating the head
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- Actinic Referring to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight and UV lamps. Sunburn is an actinic burn. An actinic…
- Influenza, Asian See: Asian flu
- Symmetric lipomatosis, multiple A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Tunnel vision Loss of peripheral vision with retention of central vision, resulting in a constricted circular tunnel-like…
- Chlamydia trachomatis A bacterium that causes a disease called trachoma that results in blindness so frequently that it places a…
- Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita A rare autoimmune skin disease with blisters. In epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) the body attacks its…
- Heart and hand syndrome See: Holt-Oram syndrome
- Diaphragmatic pacing See: Diaphragm pacing