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Peroneal muscular atrophy
See: Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
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- Due date The estimated calendar date when a baby will be born, the date the baby is due to be born. It is also called…
- Hallucination A profound distortion in a person's perception of reality, typically accompanied by a powerful sense of…
- Lithotomy position Position in which the patient is on their back with the hips and knees flexed and the thighs apart. The…
- Manicheel tree A dangerous tropical tree whose sap is highly poisonous and corrosive. The sap comes out when a leaf is…
- AVN Avascular necrosis
- Dermatoglyphics The study of the patterns of ridges on the skin of the fingers, palms, toes, and soles. Dermatoglyphics are…
- ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- Syndrome, Prader-Willi See: Prader-Willi syndrome
- Influenza, Spanish See: Spanish flu
- Film, PA An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP…