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Autosomal recessive
A genetic condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of an autosomal gene, one copy from each parent. The gene is on an autosome, a nonsex chromosome. The parents are carriers who have only one copy of the gene…
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- Doc Short and informal for doctor. In a medical context, doc may refer to any medical professional with an MD, a…
- Gtt. Abbreviation meaning drops (from the Latin 'guttae', drops). One of a number of hallowed abbreviations of…
- Aorta, descending The descending aorta is the part of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, that runs down through the…
- Health, public >The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at risk to identify health…
- Somnolent Sleepy or tending to cause sleep. 'Somnolent' came from French. It descends from the Latin 'somnus' meaning…
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- Nephritis Inflammation of the kidney. Nephritis can be acute or chronic. Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by…
- Insulin-dependent diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- PVS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Urachus A canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a structure that contributes to the formation…
- Heberden disease >Angina pectoris, chest pain that is often severe and crushing, due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the…