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Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the PLP1 gene that causes PMD. Both PMD and Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease (PMLD) are characterized by rapid, involuntary movements of…
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Show more- MDMA Abbreviation for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
- Infantile myxedema Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- Cytogenetic map A genetic term referring to the visual appearance of a chromosome when stained and examined under a…
- Genome, cholera See: Cholera genome
- Thrombi Just the plural of thrombus. See: Thrombus
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…
- Xanthopsia A form of chromatopsia, a visual defect in which objects appear as if they have been overpainted with an…
- Insufficiency, aortic See: Aortic insufficiency
- Aperient Laxative. Used both as a noun (an aperient is a laxative) and adjective (prunes are an aperient fruit). From…
- Inheritance, holandric Inheritance of genes on the Y chromosome. Since only males normally have a Y chromosome, Y-linked genes can…
- Critical incident stress management Cross-shaped. "Cruciate" comes from the Latin "crux" which means "cross". (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Intubate To put a tube into a hollow organ or passageway, often into the airway. The opposite of intubate is extubate.