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- Guthrie test A simple screening blood test for phenylketonuria (PKU). The Guthrie test was the original impetus to newborn…
- Elasticin See: Elastin
- Scoliosis, congenital A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Recommended Daily Allowance Popular name for the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA)
- Infection, pork tapeworm Known medically as cysticercosis, an infection caused by Taenia solium (the pork tapeworm). Infection occurs…
- Lung cancer, familial Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- Movement, saccadic See: Saccade
- Calor Heat, one of the four classic signs of inflammation (together with dolor, rubor and tumor). From the Latin…
- Thoraces Plural of thorax.
- Heel stick A procedure in which a newborn baby's heel is pricked and then a small amount of the blood is collected…
- Valley fever A disease also called coccidioidomycosis (CM) due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of…