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Amusia
The inability to recognize musical tones or to reproduce them. Amusia can be congenital (present at birth) or be acquired sometime later in life (as from brain damage). Amusia is composed of a- + -musia and literally means the lack of…
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Show more- Locus minoris resistentiae Latin meaning a place of less resistance. A locus minoris resistentiae offers little resistance to…
- Acetone In the body, a chemical that is formed when the body uses fat instead of glucose (sugar) for energy. The…
- HPS 1. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.2. Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Amnesia, retrograde See: Retrograde amnesia
- Diplopia, monocular Double vision (diplopia) in only one eye. The double vision persists when the other eye is covered. Monocular…
- Dorothy Hodgkin See: Hodgkin, Dorothy
- Amebiasis Infection of the intestines with amebae, especially with the ameba Entamoeba histolytica, characterized by…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Sibling A brother or sister
- Virus, Nipah A virus that infects pigs and people in whom it causes a sometimes fatal form of viral encephalitis (brain…
- Syndactyly A condition in which two or more of the fingers or toes are joined together. This joining can involve the…
- Carotenemia Temporary yellowing of the skin due to excessive beta carotene in the diet. The offending substance, beta…