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Salaam
In a medical context, a seizure that looks like a sudden deep bow from the waist. Salaam seizures are characteristic of infantile spasms
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Show more- NCEP The National Cholesterol Education Program. See: National Cholesterol Education Program
- Junk DNA Noncoding regions of DNA that have no apparent function. The term 'junk DNA' is a disparaging one, expressing…
- CNP Copy number polymorphism
- Consultant An individual to whom one refers for expert advice or services. The use of consultants is common in medicine…
- Cerebral calcification, nonarteriosclerotic This syndrome described in 1930 by T. Fahr is a genetic (inherited) neurological disorder characterized by…
- Medicine, Chinese See: Traditional Chinese medicine
- Biofilm An aggregate of microbes with a distinct architecture. A biofilm is like a tiny city in which microbial…
- Conduction system, cardiac The electrical conduction system that controls the heart rate. This system generates electrical impulses and…
- MP Abbreviation for mercaptopurine and molecular pathology
- Keratosis, senile Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Nomenclature of diseases See: Disease nomenclature
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…