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Sacroiliac joint pain
: See sacroiliac joint dysfunction.
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- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Acellular Not made up of cells or divided into cells. Or lacking intact cells as, for example, an acellular vaccine…
- Treadmill test A test (sometimes called the exercise treadmill test or exercise test) in which a continuous…
- Disease, startle A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Random mating Totally haphazard mating with no regard to the genetic makeup (genotype) of the mate so that any sperm has an…
- Stenosis, carotid See: Carotid stenosis
- Aceruloplasminemia A genetic disorder in which there is absence of the protein ceruloplasmin from blood and accumulation of iron…
- Balanitis Inflammation of the rounded head (the glans) of the penis. Inflammation of the foreskin is called posthitis…
- Electrophysiologic retinal testing Testing done to diagnose specific disorders of the retina, including inherited retinal diseases, the effects…
- Cranial nerve V The fifth cranial nerve is the trigeminal nerve. The trigeminal nerve is quite complex. It functions both as…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia