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Bannayan syndrome
A genetic disease characterized by macrocephaly (enlarged head), multiple lipomas (benign fatty tumors) and hemangiomas (benign blood vessel tumors). The macrocephaly occurs without enlargement of the cerebral ventricles. There is mild…
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Show more- Ramus In anatomy, a branch, such as a branch of a blood vessel or nerve. For example, the ramus acetabularis…
- Anaphylactoid purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Isometropia The condition in which both eyes have equal refractive power. If, for example, one eye is myopic…
- Flush (1) A redness of the skin, typically over the cheeks or neck. A flush is usually temporary and brought on by…
- HTR1A A gene on chromosome 5 that encodes a type of receptor for serotonin. See: 5-HT1A
- Canine genome See: Dog genome
- L- Abbreviation for levorotatory, applied to a chemical compound, as in l-dopa. Levorotary is opposed to…
- MPO Myeloperoxidase
- Wagner's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Cephalgia Headache. (One of those things we all know but that defies an easy definition.) Literally, headache is an…
- Imitrex Brand name for sumatriptan, a triptan drug for the treatment of migraine
- Mast cell tumor A mastocytoma