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DIDMOAD
An acronym that stands for Diabetes Insipidus (inability to concentrate the urine), Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy (degeneration of the nerve to the eye), and Deafness. These features are characteristic of this genetic disease which is…
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Show more- Supernumerary placenta A succenturiate or accessory placenta
- Oncogene ErbB See: EGFR
- Gel electrophoresis The process in which molecules (such as proteins, DNA, or RNA fragments) can be separated according to size…
- Syndrome, deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Seizure, focal motor See: Focal motor seizure
- Inbreeding The mating of two closely related persons. Also called consanguinity.
- BM Abbreviation for 'black male' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results of their physical…
- Salubrious Good for the health. Healthy. Promoting health or well-being. Wholesome. For example, smog is far from…
- Progressive infantile poliodystrophy Ers: A progressive disease of the nervous system characterized by spasticity (tightness), myoclonus and…
- Total knee replacement Total knee replacement: A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with…
- MCH Abbreviation for mean cell hemoglobin concentration, which is the average concentration of hemoglobin in a…
- Optic nerve The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. The optic nerve carries the impulses formed by the retina, the…