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Single transverse palmar line
Simian crease
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- WDWN Abbreviation for 'well developed, well nourished' used by doctors as shorthand when jotting down the results…
- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
- Pleurodynia Also known as Bornholm disease, this is a temporary illness that is a result of virus infection. The disease…
- Immunization, German measles Measles: See Immunization, MMR
- Sclerotherapy The injection of a chemical irritant into a vein to sclerose ('harden') it. The chemical irritates the lining…
- Dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa A blistering skin condition inherited in both autosomal dominant and recessive manners and in which the…
- Sleeplessness Insomnia. See also Fatal familial insomnia
- Supplies kit, emergency Treatment given to prevent, control, or relieve complications and side effects and to improve the patient's…
- Axial tomography, computerized Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…