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Show more- Y map The array of genes on the Y chromosome. Once thought to be a genetic wasteland, the Y now is known to contain…
- Quadriparesis Weakness of all four limbs, both arms and both legs, as for example from muscular dystrophy.
- Bednet Netting which is hung over the bed to keep out mosquitos and other insects. Bednets are an important form of…
- Endotherm An endotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Histiocytosis A rare but potentially deadly disorder with similarities to cancer, in which histiocytes start to multiply…
- Ear, cauliflower An acquired deformity of the external ear to which wrestlers and boxers are particularly vulnerable. The…
- Prognosis 1. The expected course of a disease.2. The patient's chance of recovery. The prognosis predicts the outcome…
- Trichomonas A single-celled protozoan parasite best known in medicine because one species causes vaginitis (vaginal…
- Histiocytosis, Letterer Siwe A severe disease in which histiocytes start to multiply and attack the tissues or organs of the patient…
- Perineum The area between the anus and the scrotum in the male and between the anus and the vulva (the labial opening…
- Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss Abbreviated EDMD. A form of muscular dystrophy that begins in childhood or adolescence as a slowly…
- Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus Staphylococcus aureus (a type of staph bacteria) resistant to the antibiotic methicillin. Abbreviated MRSA…