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Infant, postmature
A baby born 2 weeks (14 days) or more after the usual 9 months (280 days) of gestation. The gestation (length of the pregnancy) is calculated from the date of the last menstrual period (LMP). This is an important calculation since, if…
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Show more- Y map The array of genes on the Y chromosome. Once thought to be a genetic wasteland, the Y now is known to contain…
- Interstitial Pertaining to being between things, especially between things that are normally closely spaced. The word…
- Anemia, Mediterranean Better known today as thalassemia (or as beta thalassemia or thalassemia major). The clinical picture of this…
- TMA See Trimethylaminuri
- Diabulimia Patients with type 1 diabetes attempt to control body weight by minimizing insulin dosages. Since insulin…
- Guided imagery An alternative medicine technique in which patients use their imagination to visualize improved health, or to…
- Impact To lodge firmly or wedge in
- Nephropathy Any kidney disease. For example, there is diabetic nephropathy, gouty nephropathy, HIV-associated…
- Headache, thunderclap A sudden and excruciatingly painful headache. Some doctors feel that in the absence of a known headache…
- In vitro fertilization In the living organism, as opposed to in vitro (in the laboratory).
- Crohn colitis Crohn disease involving only the large intestine (colon). Crohn disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder…
- CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease