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Noonan syndrome, a multifaceted condition characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital malformations) including short stature after birth (postnatal growth retardation), webbing of the neck (pterygium colli), caved-in chestbone…
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Show more- Deficiency, FALDH Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Ninth cranial nerve The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Modafinil Modafinil: An oral drug first approved by the FDA in 1998 for the treatment of narcolepsy, a condition in…
- Duct, ejaculatory See: Ejaculatory duct
- Psychosis In the general sense, a mental illness that markedly interferes with a person's capacity to meet life's…
- Ban zhi lian See: Scutellaria barbata
- Disease, Tsutsugamushi Scrub typhus, a mite-borne infectious disease caused by a microorganism, Rickettsia tsutsugamushi…
- Surgeon A physician who treats disease, injury, or deformity by operative or manual methods. A medical doctor…
- Blastocystis hominis The parasitic organism that causes blastocystosis. See Blastocystosis
- PMS (PreMenstrual Syndrome) See Premenstrual syndrome
- Surgery, anti-reflux (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- Roseola infantilis Roseola infantilis: Roseola infantilis is another name for roseola, also formally called roseola infantum…