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Beriberi
A syndrome characterized by inflammation of multiple nerves (polyneuritis), heart disease (cardiopathy), and edema (swelling) due to a deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1) in the diet
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Show more- Expressed sequence tag (EST) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- Homeopathic medicine See: Homeopathy
- Hammer toe A flexed (curled) but not abnormally rotated toe. May require surgical correction
- False vocal cord A fold of mucous membrane covering muscle in the larynx. The false vocal cord separates the ventricle of the…
- Disseminated sclerosis See: Multiple sclerosis
- Klinefelter syndrome Klinefelter syndrome: A chromosome condition in boys and men that is usually due to 47 chromosomes with XXY…
- Bulimia susceptibility gene A gene that determines the susceptibility to developing bulimia, one disorder in the spectrum of eating…
- Breast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the Ast, infiltrating lobular carcinoma of the : Infiltrating lobular carcinoma is the second most common type of…
- Nerve palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Canine heartworm Dirofilaria immitis. See: Heartworm
- Amyl- (Amylo- before a consonant.) A prefix pertaining to starch. From the Greek amylon, meaning starch
- Drunkorexia A term coined to refer to condition of binge drinking combined with the typical self-imposed starvation seen…