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Spastic dysphonia
See: Spasmodic dysphonia
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- Radiolucent Anything that permits the penetration and passage of X-rays or other forms of radiation. Radiolucent is as…
- Relaxin A hormone produced during pregnancy that facilitates the birth process by causing a softening and lengthening…
- Wiedemann-Beckwith syndrome See: Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
- Vomit Matter from the stomach that has come up into and may be ejected beyond the mouth, due to the act of…
- Regulatory gene A gene that regulates the expression of other genes. A regulatory gene is a nosy gene whose prime…
- Cell, rod A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provides side vision…
- Deficiency, phenylalanine hydroxylase See Phenylalanine hydroxylase deficiency
- Escherichia coli Full term for E. coli, the colon bacillus.
- Alternative medicine Alternative medicine: Healing arts not taught in traditional Western medical schools that promote options to…
- Pachyonychia congenita with natal teeth This is a type of pachyonychia congenita (elephant nails from birth) in which teeth are evident at birth. It…
- Nursing 1) Profession concerned with the provision of services essential to the maintenance and restoration of health…