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Cutis
The skin. Cutis marmorata is marble skin, a normal response to cold. The word cutis is Latin for skin. See also: Cutis anserina; Cutis laxa
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- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura
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- Diabetes, labile A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
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- Xeno- (prefix) Foreign or other. As in: > >Xenoantigen -- An antigen that is found in more than one species. >Xenograft -- A…
- Somatic mutation A mutation in a somatic cell, in contrast to a mutation in a germ cell. See also: Acquired mutation.