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Infantile systemic hyalinosis
A genetic disorder characterized at birth or soon afterwards by painful swollen joint contractures and red pigmentation over bony prominences. Pearly papules (little bumps) and fleshy nodules then develop in the skin. Overgrowth of the…
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Show more- CMT Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Nosocomial Originating or taking place in a hospital, acquired in a hospital, especially in reference to an infection…
- P. cepacia Pseudomonas cepacia, a bacterium now known as Burkholderia cepacia. See: Burkholderia cepacia
- Fungistat A chemical that keeps fungi from growing. See also: Fungicide
- Gene, suicide A gene whose expression in a cell is lethal for that cell. Suicide genes form the basis of a strategy for…
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Exercise-induced bronchospasm Also called exercise- induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- Crohn enteris Crohn's disease (regional enteritis) involving only the small intestine. Crohn's disease is a chronic…
- Inconclusive clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is neither clearly superior nor clearly inferior to standard…
- Dercum disease A condition characterized by painful fatty tumors (lipomas) beneath the skin. The diseases tends to be…
- Biological safety level 1 Level 1 biosafety
- Eczema, seborrheic Yellowish, oily, scaly patches of skin on the scalp, face, and occasionally other parts of the body