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Klippel-Feil anomalad
See: Klippel-Feil sequence
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- Dermatoscopy A noninvasive diagnostic technique for the early diagnosis of melanoma and the evaluation of other pigmented…
- Ponto- Pertaining to the pons, a structure in the brain
- Cranial nerve, seventh The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Heart murmur An unusual heart sound which may be innocent or reflect disease.
- Binswanger disease A form of dementia with blood vessel abnormalities in the deep white-matter of the brain causing loss of…
- Berylliosis Beryllium poisoning. See: Beryllium
- Murine typhus An acute infectious disease with fever, headache, and rash, all quite similar to, but milder than, epidemic…