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Absence of the nipple
Medically called athelia, this is a rare condition but it is common in certain conditions. Athelia tends to occurs on one side (unilaterally) in children with the Poland sequence and on both sides (bilaterally) in certain types of…
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- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Pregnancy, hyperemesis of Excessive vomiting during pregnancy which, by definition, leads to the loss of 5% or more of the body weight…
- Legal medicine The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal…
- Paralysis, stomach Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by…
- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- Muscles, abdominal A large group of muscles in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and…
- Junctional epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in an autosomal recessive manner, due to mutation of a gene that…
- Vertical Passage of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the perinatal…
- Stratum corneum The stratum corneum as a rule refers to the outermost layer of the epidermis, which is itself the outer layer…
- Genetic Having to do with genes and genetic information.