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Osteosynthesis
A surgical procedure that stabilizes and joins the ends of fractured (broken) bones by mechanical devices such as metal plates, pins, rods, wires or screws. Osteosynthesis refers particularly to internal fixation of a fracture by such…
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- Antinuclear antibody test Antinuclear antibody test: A test for unusual antibodies that are directed against structures within the…
- Inverse psoriasis Also called flexural psoriasis, a form of psoriasis found in the armpits, groin, under the breasts and in…
- Neurosteroid A brain steroid, a molecule structurally similar to cortisone, progesterone and the gonadal hormones…
- Intrauterine growth restriction The growth of the fetus is abnormally slow. When born, the baby appears too small, considering its' dates…
- Median The middle. Like the median strip in a highway.
- Dystonia musculorum deformans (DMD) Also called torsion dystonia, this is a fortunately rare, generalized dystonia (a state of abnormal -- either…
- Sixth disease A viral disease of infants and young children with sudden onset of high fever which lasts several days and…
- Fatty aldehyde dehydrogenase deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Thyroid binding globulin A blood protein that binds with the thyroid hormone thyroxine (T4).
- Lys Lysine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Gray baby syndrome A syndrome due to toxicity of the antibiotic chloramphenicol in the newborn, especially the premature…