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PMLD
Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease
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Show more- Referred pain Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is situated. An example is the pain from the pancreas, which…
- Pulmonary edema Fluid in the lungs.
- Nail dysgenesis and hypodontia A genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the nails (nail dysgenesis) and the absence of several…
- Phantom tooth Persistent pain in the area from which a tooth has been extracted. Phantom tooth pain may last for months and…
- Right-handed The preferential use of the right hand for most fine manual tasks. Approximately 90% of the population is…
- Fibulin 3 A protein that belongs to a family of extracellular proteins expressed in the basement membranes of blood…
- Fats Plural of the word 'fat'. See the definition of fat
- Seizure, tonic-clonic See: Tonic-clonic seizure
- Pigment A substance that gives color to tissue. Pigments are responsible for the color of skin, eyes, and hair
- Prostate cancer gene Prostate cancer gene: One of the genes that influences the origin and/or progression of prostate cancer…
- Fracture, torus A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Premacular fibrosis See: Macular pucker