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Achondroplasia
Our Achondroplasia Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Achondroplasia Achondroplasia: The most common form of short stature with disproportionately short limbs -- dwarfism with short arms and legs…
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Show more- Suicidal Pertaining to suicide. the taking of ones own life. As in a suicidal gesture, suicidal thought, or suicidal…
- Fat, trans An unhealthy substance, also known as trans fatty acid, made through the chemical process of hydrogenation of…
- Catatonic 1. Characterized by marked motor abnormalities including immobility (catalepsy or stupor), excessive motor…
- Machine, heart-lung A machine that does the work both of the heart (pump blood) and the lungs (oxygenate the blood). Used, for…
- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- Ankylosis Stiffness or, more often, fusion of a joint. From the Greek ankylsis, meaning stiffening of a joint
- Thyroiditis Thyroiditis: Inflammation of the thyroid gland which is located in front of the neck: NTER> The inflamed…
- Autologous In blood transfusion and transplantation, a situation in which the donor and recipient are the same person…
- Indian Health Service (IHS) A part of the U.S. Public Health Service within the US Department of Health and Human Services, the Indian…
- Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Reinnervate To restore nerve function after it has been lost. See: Reinnervation
- Heteroplasia The replacement of normal tissue of the body by abnormal tissue or by malpositioned normal tissue, a tissue…