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Agenesis of the corpus callosum
A congenital abnormality (a birth defect) in which there is partial or complete absence (agenesis) of the corpus callosum, the area of the brain which connects the two cerebral hemispheres (the two halves of the brain). Agenesis of the…
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- Histoplasma See: Histoplasma.
- Chromosome, X See: Chronic myelogenous leukemia.
- Pinguecula A yellow spot on the white of the eye, usually toward the inside (nose side) of the eye, associated with…
- HIV infection, acute The body's initial reaction to infection by the HIV virus. Acute HIV infection is a flu-like syndrome that…
- Hepatico- A combining form used before a consonant to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Opiate agonist maintenance See: Methadone treatment program
- Biliary sand Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- CDC The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US agency charged with tracking and investigating public…
- Piperine A pungent alkaloid that is concentrated in the outer skin of pepper berries (which gives pepper much of its…
- Fever, Lassa See: Lassa fever
- Toxoplasma gondii A single-celled parasite that causes toxoplasmosis (toxo) . Toxoplasma gondii is very common (more than 60…