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Familial adenomatous polyps, autosomal recessive
See: MYH
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- Ataxia Wobbliness. Incoordination and unsteadiness due to the brain's failure to regulate the body's posture and…
- Silicatosis See: Silicosis
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- Nonsense mutation A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Vertical transmission Passage of a disease-causing agent (a pathogen) vertically from mother directly to baby during the perinatal…
- BSL 1. Biosafety level, as in a BSL-4 laboratory. 2.Biohazard safety level. 3.Blood sugar level. 4.British Sign…
- Venous claudication Limping and/or pain due to inadequate venous drainage, poor return of blood by the veins, from the legs
- Nexus A connection or link. A causal connection. A connected series. 'Nexus' comes from the Latin 'nectere' meaning…
- Acrocentric chromosome A chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) with its centromere…
- Carotid body A small 'body' of tissue rich in capillaries, at the spot the carotid artery branches in the neck, containing…