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Diplopia, binocular
Double vision (diplopia) that is only evident when looking through both eyes and disappears if one eye is closed or covered. The condition is caused by misalignment of the eyes by the extraocular muscles (the muscles around the eyeball…
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- Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency Diarrhea and dermatitis, zinc deficiency: Among the consequences of zinc deficiency, dermatitis (skin…
- Infant carbohydrate intake Carbohydrates (glucose, lactose, sucrose, galactose, etc.) are sugars or several sugars linked together…
- Cancer, rectal See: Rectal cancer
- Macrophage A type of white blood that ingests (takes in) foreign material. Macrophages are key players in the immune…
- Whole-arm translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement, also called a Robertsonian translocation, in which there is fusion of an…
- Lauterbur, Paul C. American scientist (1929-) who shared the 2003 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Sir Peter…
- Pauling See: Pauling, Linus
- BASE breast cancer gene A breast cancer gene first reported in 2003 that encodes a protein secreted only by breast cancer and…
- Pulse, trip-hammer See: Pulse, water hammer
- Stiff lung See: ARDS
- Epidermolysis bullosa One in a group of blistering skin conditions. The skin is so fragile in people with epidermolysis bullosa…