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Miller-Dieker syndrome
A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by lissencephaly ('smooth brain') and a characteristic facial appearance with a prominent forehead with bitemporal hollowing, short nose with upturned nares, thickened upper lip with a thin…
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- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction
- Pest (plague) An infectious disease due to a bacteria called Yersinia pestis. Y. pestis mainly infects rats and other…
- Electrolysis Electrolysis: Permanent removal of body hair, including the hair root, with an electronic device. While it is…
- Retraction syndrome See: Duane syndrome
- Human kinome See Kinome
- Gastroenterologist A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract…
- V. cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- Syphilis, congenital The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Syndrome, MASS A heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by involvement of the mitral valve, aorta, skeleton…
- CCP Cyclic citrullinated peptide
- Fear of work An abnormal and persistent fear of work. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about the workplace…