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Stargardt disease
An hereditary eye disease that is one of the most frequent causes of macular degeneration in childhood. (The macula is the part of the retina that is responsible for central vision.) The disease has its onset between the ages of 7 and 12…
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Show more- Pronator foot type A type of foot that rolls far inward during the weight-bearing phase of the stride. This type of foot is…
- CT Abbreviation for: 1. Cognitive therapy; and, more often today 2. Computerized tomography, as in CT scan. CT…
- Hormone, human chorionic gonadotropin A group of hormones, the most important being aldosterone, that regulate the balance of water and…
- Oneirophrenia An hallucinatory (dream-like) state caused by such conditions as prolonged deprivation of sleep, sensory…
- Calcification, nonarteriosclerotic cerebral This condition described in 1930 by T. Fahr (and therefore called Fahr syndrome) is a genetic (inherited)…
- Oxy Street name for OxyContin, prescription painkiller that has become a popular and dangerous recreational drug…
- Cubital tunnel The opening between the two heads of a muscle through which the ulnar nerve passes at the elbow and enters…
- Ellis-van Creveld syndrome A type of short stature with striking shortening of the ends of the extremities (arms and legs), polydactyly…
- Ray, Roentgen See: Roentgen ray
- MAB Or mab. Abbreviation for monoclonal antibody. At the end of a generic drug name, -mab indicates that the drug…
- Sarcoma, Kaposi Sarcoma, Kaposi: A relatively rare type of skin malignancy that tends to afflict elderly people or…
- Juvenile diabetes See Diabetes, type 1