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- Materteral 1. Literally, relating to a maternal aunt.2. Figuratively, suggestive of an aunt on either side of the…
- Aortic atresia Congenital absence of the normal valvular opening from the left ventricle of the heart into the aorta…
- Under the weather Colloquial expression for sick or ill as, for example, to be under the weather with the flu. The phrase…
- Nuclear family The family group consisting of the father, mother, and their children, as distinct from the extended family
- A (adenine) In genetics, A stands for adenine, one member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base…
- Lipoidosis, sphingomyelin Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Epidemic hemorrhagic fever A number of diseases characterized by an abrupt onset of high fever and chills, headache, cold and cough, and…
- IU (international unit) An international unit (IU) is an internationally accepted amount of a substance. This type of measure is used…
- Electrophysiologic retinal testing Testing done to diagnose specific disorders of the retina, including inherited retinal diseases, the effects…
- Meibomitis See: Meibomianitis
- Amino acid One of the 20 building blocks of protein. The sequence of amino acids in a protein and, hence, the function…