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Juvenile retinoschisis
A genetic disease of the eye characterized by retinoschisis (splitting of the retina) symmetrically involving the macula, the area of the retina responsible for central vision, with onset in the first decade of life, in some cases as early…
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- Anastomosis The connection of normally separate parts or spaces so they intercommunicate. An anastomosis may be naturally…
- Rice rat A rodent capable of carrying the types of hantavirus that cause HPS (hantavirus pulmonary syndrome) in the…
- Disease, maple syrup urine See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis.
- Explant 1. The original meaning: to transfer tissue from the body and place it in a culture medium for growth; and…
- Laryngeal Having to do with the larynx (the voice box). NTER>
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Incest Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child…
- Chromosome, acentric An abnormal chromosome (a microscopically visible carrier of the genetic material DNA) with two centromeres…
- Wilson disease Women. A late 20th century creation. A feminist spelling to avoid the suffix men.
- Adenine (A) One member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is G-C…
- Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate or reduce the need for…