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Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth
See: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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- Estimated date of confinement (EDC) The due date or estimated calendar date when a baby will be born
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- Acuity test, visual This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- Circumflex Curved like a bow. In anatomy, circumflex describes a structure that bends around like a bow. For example…
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- Vitamin K One of two naturally occurring fat-soluble vitamins (vitamin K1 and vitamin K2) needed for the clotting of…
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