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Response, plantar
The plantar response, also known as the Babinski response, is an important neurologic examination based upon what the toes do when the sole (the plantar surface) of the foot is stroked. If the big toe goes up, that may mean trouble. The…
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- Medical journal, first American See: First American medical journal
- Cyclooxygenase Abbreviated cox. See: Cox-1; Cox-2
- Nonpenetrant trait A genetic trait (characteristic) that is present in the genome but does not manifest itself in the…
- Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
- Protein C deficiency Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation…
- Crippled A medically outmoded and politically incorrect term that implies a serious loss of normal function through…
- Anemia, Fanconi See Fanconi anemia
- Skeletal dysplasia One of a large contingent of genetic diseases in which the bony skeleton is abnormally formed during…
- Third and fourth pharyngeal pouch syndrome See: DiGeorge syndrome
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- Kinesin A family of microtubule motor proteins active in mitosis. The kinesins use chemical energy from the…