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Mental retardation and clasped thumbs
A syndrome with the following characteristic features:(1) Neurological: Mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech);(2) Limbs: Clasped (adducted) thumbs, absent extensor pollicis longus and/or brevis muscles to the thumb, shuffling…
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Show more- Hairball A wad of swallowed hair. Hairballs can sometimes be found to cause blockage of the digestive system…
- Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- Two-faced twins Twin: Known medically as diprosopus, two-faced twins are conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical…
- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Hip replacement, total Hip replacement, total: Surgery in which the diseased ball and socket of the hip joint are completely removed…
- Functional gene test Test for a specific protein which indicates that the corresponding gene is not only present but active
- Ca The symbol for calcium
- Cell, delta (pancreatic) A type of cell in the pancreas (the organ of the digestive system located behind the stomach). Within the…
- Recombinant DNA molecules A combination of DNA molecules of different origin that are joined using recombinant DNA technology
- Bacillus anthracis The bacterium that causes anthrax. Anthrax differs from most bacteria in that they exist in an inactive…
- Induced menopause Menopause: Menopause may be due to an unusual ('unnatural') event. It is induced when the ovaries are…
- Labia The lips, either the lips around the mouth (the oral labia) or the lip-like external female genitalia (the…