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Fowl plague
See: Avian influenza
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Show more- Arthrogryposis Joint contractures that develop before birth (prenatally) and are evident at birth (congenitally). A newborn…
- Zoonotic disease Any disease that is spread from animals to people. There are many known zoonotic diseases, some of them very…
- Disk, intervertebral See: Intervertebral disk
- Hepatocarcinoma Carcinoma (a form of cancer) that originates in liver cells. Hepatocarcinoma is better known today as…
- XYY An extra Y chromosome in a male. See: XYY syndrome
- First cranial nerve The olfactory nerve, the nerve that permits the sense of smell. See: Olfactory nerve
- Prostate cancer gene Prostate cancer gene: One of the genes that influences the origin and/or progression of prostate cancer…
- Granuloma A granuloma is one of a number of forms of localized nodular inflammation found in tissues. The fact that a…
- Physiology >Some physiological studies are concerned with processes that go on within cells such as phagocytosis, the…
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Morton toe See: Morton's syndrome
- Oculocutaneous albinism See: Albinism, oculocutaneous