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Show more- PET scan The popular name (and abbreviation) of Positron Emission Tomography
- Pes planum Flat feet
- Cilium A fine hairlike projection from a cell such as those in the respiratory tract. Cilia can help to sweep away…
- Transcription factor A protein that controls when genes are switched on or off -- whether genes are transcribed or not…
- Nodule A small solid collection of tissue, a nodule is palpable (can be felt). It may range in size from greater…
- Failure to thrive (FTT) Refers to a child whose physical growth is significantly less than that of peers. There is no official…
- Synesthete A person with synesthesia, a condition in which the normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may…
- Familial hypercholesterolemia The most common inherited type of hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels in blood). One in every 500 children is…
- Ophthalmitis Inflammation of the eye. Also known as ophthalmia
- Gynecoid Like a woman, womanly, female. The word gynecoid comes from the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman. Gyneco-…
- Syndrome, Alpers See: Alpers disease
- Symphysiotomy A surgical procedure to effect an immediate dramatic increase in the size of the pelvic outlet to permit…