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Medullary cystic kidney disease, recessive
Ssive type: A childhood genetic kidney disease in which there is progressive symmetrical destruction of the kidneys involving both the tubules and glomeruli, characteristically resulting in anemia, polyuria, polydipsia, isosthenuria…
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- Colorectal surgeon A general surgeon who has had further training and is expert in the diagnosis and treatment of benign and…
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy: A procedure in which a long flexible viewing tube (a colonoscope) is threaded up through the…
- Anthophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience anxiety even though they realize they face…
- Hemoglobin S The most common type of abnormal hemoglobin and the basis of sickle cell trait and sickle cell anemia…
- Abductor muscle Any muscle used to pull a body part away from the midline of the body. For example, the abductor muscles of…
- Melanoma, eye See: Intraocular melanoma
- Poisoning, lead An environmental hazard capable of causing brain damage. In the US lead poisoning is formally defined as…
- Nerve, optic The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. The optic nerve carries the impulses formed by the retina. The…
- CEPH The Centre d'Etudes du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH), an internationally renowned research laboratory created…
- Negative clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is inferior to standard treatment. See: Clinical trials. See…
- Elective In medicine, something chosen (elected). An elective procedure is one that is chosen (elected) by the patient…