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Tarantella
A remarkable example of early music therapy that originated in the region of Taranto, a city in southeastern Italy, in the 15th to 17th centuries. There it was believed that the bite of the tarantula spider, while not fatal, caused a dire…
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- Retinitis pigmentosa and congenital deafness (Also called Usher syndrome.) A genetic disorder characterized by hearing impairment and an eye disorder…
- Psoriasis, erythrodermic A particularly inflammatory form of psoriasis that often affects most of the body surface. It is the least…
- Arrayed library In genetics, an arrayed library consists of (in technical terms) individual primary recombinant clones which…
- Biochemical aspirin resistance The inability of aspirin to produce an anticipated effect on one or more tests of platelet function, such as…
- Mold A very large group of microscopic fungi that live on plant or animal matter. Most are filamentous organisms…
- Nerve, trigeminal This nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and as the motor nerve controlling the…
- Plague, bubonic The most common form of the plague named for the characteristic buboes which are enlarged lymph nodes…
- Xanthinuria An inherited metabolic disorder in which there is deficiency of an enzyme needed to process xanthine, a…
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Commun. Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): One of the US National Institutes of Health. The mission…
- Severe congenital neutropenia Neutropenia: A genetic disorder of the bone marrow characterized by a lack of neutrophils, white blood cells…