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ODD syndrome
Oculodentodigital dysplasia
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- Dorothy Hodgkin See: Hodgkin, Dorothy
- Nerve, seventh cranial The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- NICU Newborn, or Neonatal, Intensive Care Unit, an intensive care unit designed for premature and ill newborn…
- Trait, sickle cell A person who possess one copy of the gene for sickle cell anemia. This person carries the gene but does not…
- Penrose drain A soft tube-shaped rubber or silicone drain. Named for the American gynecologist Charles Bingham Penrose…
- Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) The agency responsible for developing, monitoring and exercising compliance over the protections afforded…
- Dutch-Kentucky syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- Cysticerci The plural of cysticercis. See: Cysticercus
- Typhoid Mary Someone who by force of circumstances serves as the source from which something undesirable spreads. Typhoid…