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Perry syndrome
A familial form of Parkinson disease together with depression, weight loss and central hypoventilation in which there is failure of the normal control by the central nervous system over breathing. Perry syndrome is inherited in an…
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Show more- Ca The symbol for calcium
- Line, central A catheter (tube) that is passed through a vein to end up in the thoracic (chest) portion of the vena cava…
- Jenner's method The production of immunity to a disease by inoculation of an attenuated form of the virus causing the…
- Acquired deafness Deafness: The loss of hearing that occurs or develops some time during a person's life but was not present at…
- ERCP ERCP: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography.
- Trait In genetics, a trait refers to any genetically determined characteristic. In technical terms, a genetic trait…
- Holter monitor A type of portable heart monitor. The Holter monitor is a small portable electrocardiogram (ECG). The device…
- Brown fat Brown adipose tissue, a rapid source of energy for infants in whom it forms about 5% of their body weight. It…
- Nat'l Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Y Diseases (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name…
- Leaded gasoline See: Tetraethyl lead
- Hernia, Velpeau Hernia, Velpeau: A Velpeau hernia is a femoral hernia in front of the femoral blood vessels in the groin. (A…
- Berserk Frenzied, enraged. From the Norse berserkr, one of the old Norse warriors who worked themselves into a frenzy