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Poikiloderma atrophicans with cataract
Better known as the Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, this is an hereditary disease characterized by progressive degeneration (atrophy), scarring and abnormal pigmentation of the skin together with stunting of growth, baldness, cataracts…
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- Burkholderia cepacia (B. cepacia, for short.) A group of bacteria found in soil and water that are often resistant to common…
- Red jungle fowl genome The genome of Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens. See: Chicken genome
- Stain, Gram The Danish bacteriologist J.M.C. Gram (1853- 1938) devised a method of staining bacteria using a dye called…
- Methadone treatment program A program for opiate addicts, usually conducted in an outpatient setting. These programs use a long-acting…
- Dysplasia, thanatophoric A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after…
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.
- Fasting blood glucose A method for learning how much glucose (sugar) there is in a blood sample taken after an overnight fast. The…