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Adducted thumbs with mental retardation
A syndrome with the following characteristic features: > >neurologically: mental retardation and aphasia (lack of speech) >limbs: adducted (clasped) thumbs, absent extensor pollicis longus and/or brevis muscles to the thumb, shuffling…
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Show more- Collagenopathy Any one of a group of disorders that affect connective tissue, the tissue that supports the body's joints and…
- Apgar score El ODYvAlign=top bgColor=#cccccc colSpan=2> vAlign=top width='100%' bgColor=#ffffff>Our Apgar score Main…
- Disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth See: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Parathyroidectomy Parathyroidectomy: Surgical removal of one or more of the parathyroid glands. Parathyroidectomy is usually…
- Hepatitis Inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). HAV is usually transmitted from person to…
- Cholangi- Relating to a bile duct. From the Greek chole meaning bile + a(n)geion meaning a vessel = a bile vessel
- Red cell distribution width A measurement of the variability of red blood cell size. Higher numbers indicate greater variation in size…
- Thimerosal A mercury-containing preservative used in some vaccines and other products since the 1930's. No harmful…
- Pandiculation The act of stretching and yawning. (If you are in a public place, you might consider demonstrating the…
- Tache noire Black spot (in French), a small ulcer covered with a black crust at the site of a tick bite, characteristic…
- Amoxil See: Amoxicillin
- Parasomnia A sleep disorder in which odd or dangerous events occur that intrude on sleep. The parasomnias include sleep…