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Gorlin syndrome II
Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and reported in the medical literature in 1969. A oral pathologist and clinical geneticist at the University of Minnesota, Bob Gorlin (1923-)…
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- Equinophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of horses. Sufferers of equinophobia experience undue anxiety even when a…
- Cervical vertebra, first The first cervical (neck) vertebra is called the atlas. It supports the head. The atlas bone is named for the…
- Orbit In medicine, the bony cavity in which the eyeball sits together with its associated muscles, blood vessels…
- Rotavirus Rotavirus (RV): A leading cause of severe winter diarrhea in young children, RV each year causes an estimated…
- Renal stone A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Also called a kidney stone. Renal stones are a…
- Mucolipidosis III A type of mucolipidosis characterized by deficiency of the enzyme N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase…
- Pain unit A measurement of the intensity of pain. See also: Dol
- Flying, fear of An irrational fear of flying is called aerophobia. Aerophobia also refers to irrational fear of fresh air or…
- Maimonides' prayer R of a Physician: A prayer that is said to have been written by the 12th-century physician-philosopher Moses…
- Ulnar nerve A major nerve in the upper extremity. The ulnar nerve begins in the lower cervical and upper thoracic…
- First American medical journal The Medical Repository, founded in 1797 and published quarterly until 1824. The Medical Repository was the…