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Spots, Brushfield's
Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris and are arranged in a ring concentric with the pupil. These spots occur in normal children but are far more frequent in Down's syndrome (trisomy 21). They…
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Show more- Nexus A connection or link. A causal connection. A connected series. 'Nexus' comes from the Latin 'nectere' meaning…
- Genetic transformation A process by which the genetic material carried by an individual cell is altered by the incorporation of…
- Familial tremor See: Essential tremor
- Metered dose inhaler See: Metered-dose inhaler
- Sidney Goldring See: Goldring, Sidney
- Toenail, ingrown A common disorder, particularly on the big (great) toe. The corner of the nail curves down into the skin…
- Parry's disease Toxic multinodular goiter. Named for the English physician Caleb Hillier Parry (1755-1822). also called…
- Exercise-induced bronchospasm Also called exercise- induced asthma, this is asthma that is triggered by vigorous physical activity…
- Lifetime risk The risk of developing a disease during ones lifetime or dying of the disease. The estimated lifetime risk of…
- Centimorgan (cM) A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one…
- Lumbar radiculopathy Nerve irritation caused by damage to the discs between the vertebrae. Damage to the disc occurs because of…
- Glanders A bacterial infection that causes a chronic debilitating disease of equids (horses, mules, and donkeys) as…