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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- IFA Indirect immunofluorescence assay
- Achondrogenesis, Langer-Saldino type See: Achondrogenesis type II
- Vaccination, chickenpox See Chickenpox immunization
- Vitrectomy Removal of the gel (called the vitreous) from within the eyeball. This may be done because it has blood and…
- Maple syrup urine disease Hereditary disease due to deficiency of an enzyme involved in amino acid metabolism, characterized by urine…
- Ablate To remove. A tumor may be ablated. To ablate the thyroid gland is to remove it. The word 'ablation' came from…
- Contraceptive, minipill A form of oral contraceptive taken daily, like combined oral contraceptives (the 'pill'), but containing only…
- Isoprene One of the major components that makes up natural rubber and is used to make synthetic rubbers. It is also…
- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Disease, Jakob's Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an…
- FBLN3 The gene encoding the protein known as fibulin 3. See: Fibulin 3
- Child development test A test of the status of a newborn, an infant or young child as regards their developmental progress. One of…