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Nail dysgenesis and hypodontia
A genetic disorder characterized by abnormalities of the nails (nail dysgenesis) and the absence of several teeth (hypodontia) at birth. The disorder is also known as Witkop syndrome or as the tooth and nail syndrome (TNS). The tooth and…
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Show more- Therapy, respiratory Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Fusospirillary gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Galactosemia A genetic metabolic disease in which there is a defect in the body's ability to use the sugar galactose. In…
- Asphyxia Impaired or impeded breathing.
- Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome Hand-foot-and-mouth syndrome: A clinical pattern consisting of a rash on the hands and feet and in the mouth…
- Urethroscope A device for examining the inside of the urethra
- Rh incompatibility The difference in Rh blood group types between an Rh negative mother and her Rh positive baby that leads to…
- Poisoning, mercury The metallic element mercury is poisonous to humans. Mercury poisoning can occur in both acute and chronic…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII Sly syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme beta-glucuronidase. See also Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Flush (1) A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A flush is usually temporary and brought on by…
- Rodenticide A chemical or other agent used to destroy rats or other rodent pests or prevent them from damaging food…
- Cranial nerve, fifth The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…