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Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2
A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to transform the victim into "a statue of stone." FOP is characterized by physical handicap due to bone forming in the wrong places and…
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Show more- Positron emission tomography Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy).
- Corneal dystrophy, map-dot-fingerprint type A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows geographic map-like lines…
- Dys- Speech that is characteristically slurred, slow, and difficult to produce (difficult to understand). The…
- Random mating Totally haphazard mating with no regard to the genetic makeup (genotype) of the mate so that any sperm has an…
- Prusiner, Stanley B. American neurologist (1942-) and winner of the Nobel Prize for the discovery of 'prions - a new biological…
- Binge drinking The dangerous practice of consuming large quantities of alcoholic beverages in a single session. Binge…
- Animal-to-human transplant Transplant: See Xenotransplantation
- Vessel, efferent A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole
- James Watson See: Watson, James
- AMD Age-related macular degeneration (which may also be abbreviated as ARMD)
- Directives, advance medical These documents pertain to treatment preferences and the designation of a surrogate decision-maker in the…
- Congenital stationary night blindness An inherited eye disorder that is not progressive ('stationary') and principally affects the rod…