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Sandhoff disease
A genetic disorder with symptoms that are very similar to those of Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) and that is characterized by accumulation of fatty material called GM2 ganglioside in the nerve cells of the brain. Symptoms begin around 6 months…
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- Os Two Latin words used in medicine that have different meanings and pronunciations. 1. The mouth: a. The upper…
- Dialectical behavioral therapy A mode of treatment designed for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD), particularly those with…
- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Epi- A fold of skin that comes down across the inner angle (canthus) of the eye. The epicanthal fold is more…
- Alkaloid, vinca See: Vinca alkaloid
- Pathological hoarding Excessive hoarding of material goods, a condition that affects up to 40% of people with obsessive compulsive…
- JAK3 Or Jak3. An enzyme found only in cells in the immune system that is critical for the cell signaling process…
- Denervate To deprive of the nerve supply. Denervate is the opposite of innervate
- Morgue A place where bodies of the dead are kept before autopsy, funeral, or burial. The first Morgue was in Paris…
- Care proxy, health A health care proxy is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- McKusick-Kaufman syndrome A genetic disorder in which there is build-up of fluids (called hydrometrocolpos) in the vagina and the…