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Cartilage hair hypoplasia syndrome
A specific genetic form of short-limbed dwarfism with skeletal features that also include normal head, inability to fully extends the elbows, chest cage deformity, bow legs (genu varum), and the tibia shorter than the fibula. The fingers…
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- National Institute of Neurological Disorders Stroke (NINDS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NINDS's mission is to 'support and…
- Hyaluronic acid Hyaluronic acid: A viscous slippery substance that lubricates the joints, maintains the shape of the…
- Bather's eruption An intensely itchy rash due to contact with the tiny thimble jellyfish (Linuche unguiculata). These jellyfish…
- Rat, cotton See: Cotton rat
- PJS Polycystic kidney disease.
- Nephrosclerosis Hardening (sclerosis) of the kidney usually due to disease of the blood vessels in it from atherosclerosis.
- Fusion, spinal See: Spinal fusion
- Shunt, ventriculopleural See: Ventriculopleural shunt
- Coitophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of male-female sexual intercourse. Sufferers from coitophobia experience…
- Orthopod Slang for orthopedist.
- Human gene therapy Insertion of normal DNA directly into cells to correct a genetic defect. The treatment of disease by…