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Hecht-Beals syndrome
See: Hecht syndrome
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- Gingivitis, acute necrotizing ulcerative (ANUG) This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Hormone, parathyroid See Hormone, parathormone
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- Pycnodysostosis Pycnodysostosis: An inherited disorder of the bone that causes short stature and abnormally dense brittle…
- Tactile Having to do with touch
- Transposition, genetics The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Fraternal twin Twin: A twin who have shared a common uterine environment with its sibling. Fraternal twins are due to the…
- Thallium poisoning Poisoning with the element thallium which enters the environment primarily from coal-burning and smelting. It…
- Papilla of Vater See: Ampulla of Vater
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