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This disorder known as Tay-Sachs disease (TSD) is concisely defined by OMIM (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man) as 'an autosomal recessive, progressive neurodegenerative disorder, which in the classic infantile form, is usually fatal by…
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- Palatine bone A bone behind the maxilla which enters into the formation of the hard palate (hence, the name 'palatine')…
- Pollen count The number of pollen grains landing on a given area during a specified time. The count is taken by a spinning…
- Greek medicine Medicine in Greece and the Greek world. The foundations of much of modern Western medicine lie in classical…
- Phthisis A good trivia or crossword item. An over-consonanted Greek word meaning 'a dwindling or wasting away.'…
- Cancer, Hodgkin disease (adult) Hodgkin disease (adult): A type of lymphoma (cancer of the lymphatic system). The most common symptom of…
- Flat affect A severe reduction in emotional expressiveness. People with depression and schizophrenia often show flat…
- Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating 'mad cow'…
- Syndrome, Lenz microphthalmia See: Lenz microphthalmia syndrome
- Lipodystrophy A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with…
- Lamarckism The theory of acquired characteristics put forth by Jean-Baptiste P.A. Lamarck (1744-1829), a French…