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Ear pit
Tiny pit in front of the ear: preauricular pit. A minor anomaly of no great consequence in itself. More common in blacks than whites and in females than males. Can recur in families. The presence of 2 or more minor anomalies in a child…
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Show more- Prostatitis, acute bacterial Prostatitis, acute bacterial: Inflammation of the prostate gland of sudden (acute) onset due to bacterial…
- Genome, chicken See: Chicken genome
- Expressed sequence tag (EST) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC) The National Institutes of Health (NIH) panel that oversees gene-therapy research in the U.S
- Syndrome, Peter Pan Term coined by pop psychology author Dan Kiley in his book 'Peter Pan syndrome: Men Who Have Never Grown Up.'…
- Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, Global Initiativ See: GOLD
- Remote telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a great distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and…
- Pineal region tumor A brain tumor on or near the pineal gland. There are at least 17 types of pineal gland tumors, most of which…
- Agita Heartburn, acid indigestion, an upset stomach or, by extension, a general feeling of upset. The word is…
- Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 A rare but dramatic genetic disorder that turns muscles, tendons and ligaments into bone, threatening to…
- X, factor A coagulation factor, a substance in blood essential to the normal clotting process. Production of factor X…
- Maternal phenylketonuria A mother with the genetic disease phenylketonuria (PKU) whose high blood levels of phenylalanine (phe) are…