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Syndrome, autoimmune polyendocrinopathy
A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by at least 2 of the following 3 findings: hypoparathyroidism -- underfunction of the parathyroid glands which control calcium…
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- Pneumonectomy An operation to remove an entire lung or part of a lung
- Gallop rhythm Heart rhythm like the gallop of a horse.
- Essential 1. Something that cannot be done without.2. Required in the diet, because the body cannot make it. As in an…
- Acquired Anything that is not present at birth but develops some time later. In medicine, the word 'acquired' implies…
- Mitochondria Normal structures responsible for energy production in cells. Mitochondria are located in the cytoplasm…
- Sleep start See: Hypnic jerk
- Arteritis, temporal Also called giant cell arteritis or cranial arteritis, this is a serious disease characterized by…
- Urolithiasis The process of forming stones in the kidney, bladder, and/or urethra (urinary tract). Kidney stones are a…
- Quasidominant Pattern of inheritance that seems due to a dominant trait but is in fact due to the mating of a person who…
- Phonosurgery Surgical procedures that maintain, restore, or enhance the human voice. Phonosurgery includes…
- Lysine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, lysine is present in…