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Williams syndrome
See: Circle of Willis.
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- Tiredness See: Tired
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- Adrenal gland One of a pair of small glands, each of which sits on top of one of the kidneys. The adrenal is made up of an…
- Lipomatosis, multiple symmetric A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Tache noire Black spot (in French), a small ulcer covered with a black crust at the site of a tick bite, characteristic…
- CABG, off-pump See: Off-pump CABG
- MiRNA Micro-RNA
- Lytic Suffix having to do with lysis (destruction), as in hemolytic anemia, the excessive destruction of red blood…