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Expressivity
The consistency of a genetic disease. For example, Marfan disease shows variable expressivity. Some persons with Marfan's merely have long fingers and toes while others have the full-blown disease with dislocation of the lens and…
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Show more- MCD Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…
- Arteritis, Takayasu Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Traction In medicine, a procedure for manually pulling a part of the body to a beneficial effect. See traction…
- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Hematopoietic Pertaining to hematopoiesis
- Dystocia, placental See: Placental dystocia
- Ricker syndrome A disease of infants and children that disturbs normal bone formation (ossification). Rickets is a failure to…
- DNA polymerase Enzyme that catalyzes (speeds) the polymerization of DNA. DNA polymerase uses preexisting nucleic acid…
- Dyspraxia Impaired or painful function of any organ of the body
- Fever of Unknown Origin Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is a fever greater than 38.3°C (101 °F) that has occurred intermittently for…
- Sexually transmitted infection An infection that can be transferred from one person to another through sexual contact. In this context…
- Ambulatory care Medical care including diagnosis, observation, treatment and rehabilitation that is provided on an outpatient…