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Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome
The Gorlin syndrome
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- Sphenoid 1. Shaped like a wedge. 2. Relating to the sphenoid bone (which is wedge-shaped)
- Fever, quintan Fever, quintan: Quintan means recurring every 5 days, the characteristic duration of trench fever. Quintan or…
- Syndemic A set of linked health problems involving two or more afflictions, interacting synergistically, and…
- Pharynx The hollow tube about 5 inches long that starts behind the nose and ends at the top of the trachea (windpipe)…
- Gram calorie (Calorie) The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853-1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…
- Fear of birds An abnormal and persistent fear of birds. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about encountering…
- BCC Basal cell carcinoma
- SGPT Serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase, an enzyme that is normally present in liver and heart cells. SGPT is…
- Arachnodactyly Long spider-like fingers and toes, a frequent finding in Marfan syndrome, a heritable disorder of connective…
- EBM Evidence-based medicine
- Meningioma A common type of slow growing, usually benign brain tumor that arises from the dura, one of the meninges, the…