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Skeletal dysplasia
One of a large contingent of genetic diseases in which the bony skeleton is abnormally formed during development. For example, achondroplasia (achondroplastic dwarfism).
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- Progestational hormone A synonym for the hormone progesterone. See: Progesterone
- NCRR Stands for National Center for Research Resources, one of the Centers of the National Institutes of Health…
- Fiber, elastic See: Elastic fiber
- Microarray A tool used to sift through and analyze the information contained within a genome. A microarray consists of…
- Alarm clock headache A relatively rare form of headache in which the patient is awakened from sleep at the same time every night…
- Ear cleaning (by a doctor) When so much wax accumulates that it blocks the ear canal (and hearing), your physician may have to wash it…
- Cholangitis, sclerosing See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Study, electrophysiologic See: Framingham Study.
- Neuropathy, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Viscera The internal organs of the body, specifically those within the chest (as the heart or lungs) or abdomen (as…