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Cafe au lait spot
A flat spot on the skin that is the color of coffee with milk (café au lait) in persons with light skin, or a darker appearance (café noir) than the surrounding skin in persons with dark skin. About 10% of the general population have cafe…
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Show more- Jejunum Part of the small intestine. It is half-way down the small intestine between its duodenum and ileum sections…
- Polycystic kidney disease, adult See: Polycystic kidney disease, autosomal dominant
- Heredity Genetic transmission from parent to child.
- Occiput The back of the head. A direct borrowing of the Latin word for the part of the head opposite the front
- Midwife, certified professional See: Certified professional midwife
- Multicellular Consisting of more than one cell. Humans are multicellular and have been estimated to possess 100,000 billion…
- Tear gas poisoning See: Riot control agent poisoning
- Alogia 1. Complete lack of speech, as in profound mental retardation or advanced dementia. Alogia is synonymous in…
- Gallstone pancreatitis Pancreatitis: Gallstone-induced pancreatitis. Pancreatitis due to gallstones
- Potassium The major positive ion (cation) found inside of cells. The chemical notation for potassium is K+. The proper…
- Balanoposthitis In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Therapy, psychodynamic See: Psychodynamic therapy