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Auditory aphasia
Impairment in the understanding of auditory language and communication. Sounds are heard but they convey no meaning. The 20th century Russian composer Vissarion Shebalin had auditory aphasia after a stroke but remained an outstanding…
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Show more- Hallux varus An inward bending (varus) of the joint of the big toe (the hallux).
- Adipocyte A fat cell, a connective tissue cell that has differentiated and become specialized in the synthesis…
- Thrombolytic agent A drug that is able to dissolve a clot (thrombus) and reopen an artery or vein. Thrombolytic agents may be…
- Anomalad, Klippel-Feil See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- ENT physician A medical specialist who is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the head and neck…
- STL3 Stickler syndrome, type III. See: Stickler syndrome
- Syndactyly, complete A condition in which fingers or toes are completely joined together, with the connection extending from the…
- Urothelium The lining of the ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. NTER>
- Prostatitis, nonbacterial Prostatitis, nonbacterial: Inflammation of the prostate not due to bacterial infection. The prostate is a…
- Malnutrition-related diabetes At one time, a distinct type of diabetes mellitus, often associated with the tropics and so also called…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta tarda See: Osteogenesis imperfecta type I.
- Baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae