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Retinitis pigmentosa
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- Aristotle Aristotle of Stagira (384-322 B.C.), Greek philosopher and scientist. The son of a physician, Aristotle was a…
- Mg Abbreviation for milligram, a unit of measurement of mass in the metric system equal to a thousandth of a…
- X (in genetics) Although the letter X can be used as a symbol in various ways (such as with X-rays, the X-axis of a graph…
- Turf toe An injury to the big toe due to forced hyperextension (upward bending back) of the toe. The damage is to the…
- Motor In medicine, having to do with the movement of a part of the body. Something that produces motion or refers…
- Gastric volvulus See: Volvulus
- NCCAM National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship.
- Cytosis 1. Suffix referring to cells, as in anisocytosis (inequality in the size of red blood cells), elliptocytosis…
- Antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…
- Diseases, Infectious, Nat'l Inst of Allergy & Allergy and (NIAID): This is one of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. In formal terms, the…
- Cellophane maculopathy See: Macular pucker