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Congenital osseus-torticollis syndrome
See: Klippel-Feil sequence
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- Aqueous humor In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Soft palate The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Natriuresis The excretion of an excessively large amount of sodium in the urine. Natriuresis is similar to diuresis (the…
- Hiatus An opening, as in the diaphragm. When there is an unusually wide opening in the diaphragm, there can be a…
- Tandem MS Abbreviation for tandem mass spectrometry. See: Tandem mass spectrometry
- EBA (epidermolysis bullosa acquisita) See: Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
- Intraoral Within the mouth
- SLE (systemic lupus erythematosus) A chronic inflammatory condition caused by an autoimmune disease. An autoimmune disease occurs when the…
- New Engl J Med The New England Journal of Medicine
- Rectal (noun) An informal term for a digital rectal exam (DRE) done to detect abnormalities that can be felt (palpated)…
- Allergy immunotherapy Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…