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Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
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Show more- Genetic disease Genetic disease: A disease caused by an abnormality in an individual's genome. There are a number of…
- Bifid Cleft (split) in two. See, for example, bifid uvula
- Ocular melanoma See: Melanoma, ocular
- Facultative 1. In general, not obligatory but rather capable of adapting to different conditions. The opposite of…
- Pernicious anemia Pernicious anemia: A blood disorder caused by inadequate vitamin B12 in the blood. Patients who have this…
- Paragonimus infection See: Paragonimiasis
- Prosthesis An artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the…
- GALT The enzyme (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) lack of which causes the genetic metabolic disease…
- Central venous catheter See: Catheter, central venous
- Regurgitation A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers…
- Cutaneous papilloma A small tag of skin that may have a stalk (a peduncle). Cutaneous papillomas may appear on the skin almost…
- VSD A Ventricular Septal Defect, a hole in the septum (the wall) between the lower chambers of the heart (the…