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Dwarfism, thanatophoric
A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth. Thanatophoric dysplasia is due to a lethal mutation (change) in the same gene that produces achondroplasia, a familiar and far…
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- Anorgasmia Failure to achieve orgasm (climax) during sexual intercourse. Anorgasmia can result from many causes…
- Bright's disease Chronic inflammation of the blood vessels in the kidney with protein, specifically albumin, in the urine…
- Foot-and-mouth disease A disease caused by a highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting…
- Pulse, water hammer A jerky pulse that is full and then collapses because of aortic insufficiency (when blood ejected into the…
- Extracellular Outside a cell. As opposed to intracellular, meaning within a cell
- Alexander disease A slowly progressive and ultimately fatal brain disorder that most commonly occurs in children. The infantile…
- CEPH The Centre d'Etudes du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), an internationally renowned research laboratory created…
- Mosaic An individual or tissue containing two or more types of genetically different cells. All females are mosaics…
- Yersinia A group of bacteria that appear rod-like under the microscope and include Yersinia pestis (the cause of the…
- Automatic seizure A form of complex partial seizure characterized by automatisms, which are unconscious movements that may…
- Penis The external male sex organ used to copulate and ejaculate semen and to convey urine outside the body. In…