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Craniocleidodysostosis
>Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with square skull, late closure of the sutures of the skull, late closure of the fontanels (the soft spots), low nasal bridge, delayed eruption of the teeth, abnormal permanent teeth, etc. >Absent…
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- Hypothalamus The area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst
- Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) Formerly known as hyaline membrane disease, a syndrome of respiratory difficulty in newborn infants caused by…
- Defecation syncope The temporary loss of consciousness (syncope) upon defecating (having a bowel movement). Syncope is the…
- AMS (acute mountain sickness) Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is the effect on the body of being in a high altitude environment. AMS is…
- Supine With the back or dorsal surface downward. A person who is supine is lying face up. As opposed to prone. For a…
- Base-excision repair See: Base excision repair
- Hypocalcemia Lower-than-normal blood calcium. Low blood calcium makes the nervous system highly irritable with tetany…
- Disease, black lung See: Black lung disease
- Bariatric Pertaining to bariatrics, the field of medicine concerned with weight loss
- CEPH The Centre d'Etudes du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), an internationally renowned research laboratory created…
- Bypass, cardiopulmonary Bypass of the heart and lungs as, for example, in open heart surgery. Blood returning to the heart is…