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Weissenbacher-Zweymuller syndrome
See: Stickler syndrome
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- Heat prostration Overheating of the body due to extreme weather conditions. Unrelieved hyperthermia can lead to collapse and…
- Drusen Tiny yellow or white deposits in the retina of the eye or on the optic nerve head. The presence of drusen is…
- Septuagenarian Someone in his or her seventies. See also: Age by decade
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- Bladder infection Infection of the urinary bladder. Some people are at more risk for bladder and other urinary tract infections…
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- Degenerative joint disease Also known as osteoarthritis, this type of arthritis is caused by inflammation, breakdown and eventual loss…
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- Arthropathy Joint disease. The term arthropathy does not specify the type of joint disease. It might be osteoarthropathy…