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Athymic
Lacking a thymus gland
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Show more- Hormone,T4 Thyroxine
- Tibial muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, tibial
- Infantile hypothyroidism Hypothyroidism (subnormal activity of the thyroid gland) that starts after birth and is manifest by features…
- Hereditary angioneurotic edema Edema: A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it…
- Ependymoma A type of brain tumor derived from the cells that line the cavities within the ventricles of the brain and…
- Vidian neuralgia A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- ZIFT Stands for zygote intrafallopian transfer, a method used to treat infertility in which an egg fertilized in…
- Paroxysmal lacrimation See: Crocodile tears syndrome
- Miner's asthma See: Black lung disease
- PH A measure of the acidity or alkalinity of a fluid. The pH of any fluid is the measure of its hydrogen ion…
- Cervical Having to do with any kind of neck including the neck on which the head is perched and the neck of the…
- Olefactory Common misspelling of olfactory