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Heart and hand syndrome
See: Holt-Oram syndrome
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- Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder A personality disorder characterized by a pervasive preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, and…
- Toc- (prefix) Stemming from the Greek word 'tokos' meaning childbirth, we have toc-, toco-, tok-, and toko- as combining…
- West Nile encephalitis West Nile encephalitis: A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the…
- Deuteranopia Colorblindness of the red-green type, also known as deuteranomaly or Daltonism. The term 'Daltonism' is…
- Papillary renal cell carcinoma A type of kidney cancer that accounts for 15 to 20% of renal carcinomas. It occurs in both sporadic and…
- Scan, SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography, a nuclear medicine procedure in which a gamma camera rotates…
- STEP procedure See: Serial transverse enteroplasty
- Condyloma A wartlike growth around the anus, vulva, or glans penis. There are three major types of condylomas, each of…
- American medical school, first See: First American medical school
- Renal capsule The fibrous connective tissue that surrounds each kidney
- Dilating The widening and opening of the cervix caused by uterine contractions