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X-linked retinoschisis
See: Juvenile retinoschisis
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- Venereal Having to do with sexual contact. The word venereal comes from Venus, the Roman goddess of love. A venereal…
- Respiratory distress syndrome, acute Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Hereditary multi-infarct dementia See CADASIL
- CFS Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Cervicectomy Surgical removal of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina. Cervicectomy…
- Syndrome, Landau-Kleffner See Landau-Kleffner syndrome
- Physiologic stress test Stress test: Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic…
- Benzene A sweet smelling, highly toxic hydrocarbon. Long-term exposure to benzene is known to cause anemia and…
- Oligopeptide A molecule composed of a few amino acids linked to one another. Oligo- means a few
- NPH NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…