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Epidermolysis bullosa simplex
A blistering skin condition usually inherited as an autosomal dominant disease. The faulty genes are those that provide instructions for producing keratin, a fibrous protein in the top layer of skin. As a result, the skin splits in the…
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- Curie (Ci) A unit of radioactivity. (Specifically, the quantity of any radioactive nuclide in which the number of…
- Welt A red bump, ridge or swelling of unbroken skin raised by a stinging blow or by an allergic reaction to foods…
- Temple An area just behind and to the side of the forehead and the eye, above the side of the check bone (the…
- Floppy valve syndrome See: Mitral valve prolapse
- Queasy A feeling of nausea
- Voice disorder One of a group of problems involving abnormal pitch, loudness, or quality of the sounds produced by the…
- Phacoemulsification A procedure in which the lens clouded by a cataract is broken up by ultrasound, irrigated, and suctioned out…
- Voyeurism Eping Tom'): Voyeurism is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and…
- Fetal alcohol effects (FAE) A softer diagnosis than fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). The diagnosis of possible FAE is considered when: 1…
- Nodular melanoma See: Melanoma, nodular
- Fifth disease See Lymphatic filariasis.