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Chondrogenesis imperfecta
See: Achondrogenesis type II
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- Acid, bile See: Bile acid
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- Disease, Cushing The constellation of symptoms and signs caused by an excess of cortisol hormone. Cushing disease (or…
- Polyarticular Involving many joints. As opposed to monoarticular (affecting just one joint). From the Latin 'articulus,'…
- Parrot fever (psittacosis) An infectious disease due to a bacteria (Chlamydia psittaci) contracted from psittacine birds, especially…
- Normal pressure hydrocephalus A specific form of hydrocephalus in which the central cavities of the inner brain (the ventricles) enlarge at…
- LAMB syndrome Acronym for Lentigines, Atrial myxomas, Mucocutaneous myxomas, and Blue nevi. Now included in the Carney…
- Tympanum In anatomy, the drum of the ear, the eardrum, the tympanic membrane. The tympanum resembles the head of a…
- Disease, fifth See Gaucher disease, type 1.