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DYS
Symbol for familial dysautonomia. See: Familial dysautonomia.
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- Ecogenetics The interaction of genetics with the environment. The genetic disease PKU (phenylketonuria) provides an…
- Cholecyst The gallbladder. The word cholecyst is not much used today but it figures into a number of other terms to do…
- Hypoxia-ischemia See hypoxia. Ischemia refers to blood flow to cells and organs that is not sufficient to maintain their…
- US Department of Agriculture A department of the executive branch of the US government founded in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln -- he…
- Pneumocystis jiroveci See: Pneumocystis
- Pachyderma Thick skin, like that of a pachyderm (an elephant, rhinoceros, or hippopotamus). From the Greek pachydermos…
- Ubiquitous Present everywhere. The small protein called ubiquitin was so-named because it is present in all types of…
- Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve syndrome See: Meralgia paresthetica
- Marx, Gertie F. Distinguished German-born American physician known as the 'mother of obstetric anesthesia.' She almost…