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Cytogenetics, clinical
The application of cytogenetics to clinical medicine. For example, clinical cytogenetic studies might be done to determine whether a child with possible Down syndrome has an extra chromosome #21.
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Show more- Syndrome, Patau Trisomy 13 syndrome or three chromosome number 13s instead of the normal two. Children with this condition…
- Pathologic fracture A bone broken, not by trauma alone, but so weakened by disease as to break with abnormal ease. Pathologic…
- Bone, parietal The main bone on the side of the skull. Although the parietal bone is curved, it is considered a flat bone…
- Vertebrae, sacral There are 5 sacral vertebral bones. They are represented by the symbols S1 through S5 and are situated…
- Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome A form of mucopolysaccharidosis with the clinical onset before age 3 that is characterized by an inability to…
- Tomography The process for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…
- Genome, bee See: Honey bee genome
- Conor and Bruch disease African tick typhus, one of the tick-borne rickettsial diseases of the eastern hemisphere similar to Rocky…
- Tocolytic agent A medication that can inhibit labor, slow down or halt the contractions of the uterus. Tocolytic agents are…
- Hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Lumpectomy The surgical removal of a small tumor (a lump) which may or may not be benign (or malignant). Lumpectomy has…
- Abortion, recurrent The occurrence of 3 or more miscarriages (which are medically termed 'spontaneous abortions') with no…