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Aase-Smith syndrome I
A syndrome of congenital malformations (birth defects) characterized by hydrocephalus, cleft palate, and severe arthrogryposis (joint contractures). Other anomalies may include deformed ears, ptosis (drooping) of the eyelids, inability to…
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Show more- Pressure sore A sore area of skin that develops when the blood supply to it is cut off for more than two to three hours due…
- Utility In the analysis of health outcomes, utility is a number between 0 and 1 that is assigned to a state of health…
- Venomous 1. Full of venom. 2. Having venom, like some snakes and insects. 3. By extension, noxious, as a venomous…
- Exogenous Originating from outside the organism. Insulin taken by a diabetic is exogenous insulin
- Gingivitis, fusospirochetal This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- ITP 1. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura. (Original use.)2. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura. (Newer use). Note…
- Fundus Latin word for the bottom. In medicine, fundus refers to the bottom or base of an organ. For example, the…
- Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis An inherited predisposition to colorectal cancer characterized by fewer than 100 adenomatous polyps in the…
- Race-based drug A drug designed for a particular racial group. The first race-based drug was BiDil, a combination of two old…
- Poliomyelitis An acute and sometimes devastating viral disease. Man is the only natural host for poliovirus. The virus…
- Acute-phase protein Any protein whose plasma concentration increases (or decreases) by 25% or more during certain inflammatory…
- Tomograph The apparatus for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…