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Lip, cleft
The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only (unilateral) or on both sides (bilateral) -- resulting from failure of the normal process of fusion of the lip to come to…
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- Unguis incarnatus Ingrown toenail
- Citrulline A non-standard amino acid that is not normally present in protein. Citrulline is created in the body as an…
- Chyle A fluid consisting of a mixture of lymphatic fluid (lymph) and chylomicrons that has a milky appearance…
- Medical physics The science of human health and radiation exposure. Medical physics, also called health physics, is devoted…
- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Baldness, patchy Baldness, patchy: Patchy baldness. Also referred to as alopecia areata. Alopecia means baldness and areata…
- Recessive A condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of a mutant gene, one copy from…
- Arthritis, Reiter The combination of inflammation of the joints (arthritis), eyes (conjunctivitis), and GU (genitourinary)…
- Taenia armata Taenia solium
- Infant fat requirements Fat in human milk provides 30%-35% of the total daily caloric needs for a growing infant. Manufacturers of…