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During the development of speech and language. 'The age of onset continues to have important implications for cochlear implantation, depending on whether the hearing impairment occurred before (prelingual), during (perilingual), or after…
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Show more- Anemia, sideroblastic, and spinocerebellar ataxia ASAT. See: Pagon syndrome
- Vertebrae, coccygeal The coccyx, the small tail-like bone at the bottom of the spine near the anus, is made up of 3-5 (average of…
- Amok A syndrome first reported in the Malay people, usually male, consisting of a period of brooding followed by a…
- North Asian tick-borne rickettsiosis One of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere, similar to Rocky Mountain spotted…
- Leiomyoma A benign tumor of smooth muscle, the type of muscle that is found in the heart and uterus. A leiomyoma of the…
- Bone, giant cell tumor of A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most…
- Stomach paralysis Formally called gastroparesis, this is a medical condition in which the muscle of the stomach is paralyzed by…
- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Ovary The female gonad, the ovary is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located in the pelvis…
- DTaP immunization Like DPT, DTaP protects from diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus. DTaP is the same as DTP…
- B.i.d. (on prescription) Seen on a prescription, b.i.d. means twice (two times) a day. It is an abbreviation for 'bis in die' which in…