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Dysplasia, cleidocranial
>Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones) The child with this disorder can bring its shoulders together or nearly so; and >Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with…
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Show more- Assay, CEA CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) is a protein found in many types of cells but associated with tumors and the…
- GYN Short for gynecology and gynecologist. A gynecologist is a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the…
- Avascular necrosis of the femoral head See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- Scanning electron microscope Abbreviated SEM. A microscope in which a finely focused beam of electrons is scanned across a specimen, and…
- Medigap Health insurance in the US that is intended to supplement Medicare benefits and presumably to fill the gaps…
- Gelineau syndrome A neurological disorder marked by a sudden recurrent uncontrollable compulsion to sleep. Named for a French…
- Hematemesis The medical term for bloody vomitus. The word 'hematemesis' is made up of 'hema-', blood + 'emesis', vomit =…
- Morton's toe See: Morton's syndrome
- Cranial nerve V The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Nephron A key unit, both anatomically and functionally, of the kidney.
- Reflex, pressor A pressor reflex is a neurological (nerve) reflex that constricts arterioles (small blood vessels) and…
- SEMG Surface EMG