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Ectrodactyly
>transverse terminal aphalangia (absence of the last bone in the finger or toe), >adactylia (total absence of a finger or toes), or >acheiria (total absence of one or both hands). Cases of ectrodactyly defined in this way are usually…
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Show more- Labile diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Antiatherogenic mutation A genetic mutation that protects against atherogenesis, the formation of atheromas (plaques) in arteries…
- Syndrome, Paterson-Kelly See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Plaque, skin A plaque is a broad, raised area on the skin. Because it is raised, it can be felt (palpated). By definition…
- Medical-school syndrome See: Medical school syndrome
- Elbow, arthritis of the Inflammation (arthritis) of the elbow joint can be due to many systemic forms of arthritis, including…
- Syndrome X See: Metabolic syndrome
- Wellcovorin See: Leucovorin
- Microvascular surgery Surgery on very small blood vessels such as those only 3 to 5 millimeters in diameter. Microvascular surgery…
- Vulvar cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Fever, five-day Fever, five-day: Also called trench fever, this is a disease borne by body lice that was first recognized in…
- Heart valves There are four heart valves. All are one-way valves. Blood entering the heart first passes through the…