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Ectrodactyly
>transverse terminal aphalangia (absence of the last bone in the finger or toe), >adactylia (total absence of a finger or toes), or >acheiria (total absence of one or both hands). Cases of ectrodactyly defined in this way are usually…
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Show more- Chromosome, marker The sex chromosome found twice in normal females and once, along with a Y chromosome, in normal males. The…
- Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Tassinari syndrome Taste belongs to our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses. The complicated process of tasting begins…
- Compound microscope A microscope which consists of two microscopes in series, the first serving as the ocular lens (close to the…
- Psoralen Any of a number of drugs and other substances containing chemicals that react with ultraviolet (UV) light to…
- Medical Repository The first medical magazine and the first scientific journal published in the United States. The Medical…
- Headache, alarm clock See: Alarm clock headache
- Change of life The change of life is the menopause, the time in a woman's life when menstrual periods permanently stop…
- Forensic Dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings as, for example…
- Mega- (prefix) The combining form 'mega-' comes from the Greek 'megas', great or big and means abnormally large…
- Peripheral iridectomy A surgical procedure in which a hole is made in the periphery (outer part) of the iris by removing a…
- Bee sting, Africanized All stings from bees (and other large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets and wasps) can trigger…