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GJB2
A gene that provides instructions to make a protein called gap junction beta 2. Mutations in the GJB2 gene are responsible for autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive forms of nonsyndromic deafness (hearing loss without related signs…
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Show more- Heterochromatin, facultative Heterochromatin that need not always be heterochromatic but which has the faculty to return to the normal…
- Debridement The act of debriding (removing dead, contaminated or adherent tissue or foreign material). Debridement…
- Tic A repetitive movement that is difficult, if not impossible, to control. Tics can affect any group of muscles…
- Cranial nerve, seventh The seventh cranial nerve is the facial nerve, a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming in…
- Tomograph The apparatus for generating a tomogram, a two-dimensional image of a slice or section through a…
- Malaise A vague feeling of discomfort, one that cannot be pinned down but is often sensed as 'just not right.'…
- Brain malleability See Neuroplasticity
- Non-insulin-dependent diabetes Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Gallbladder agenesis This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- MELAS syndrome MELAS syndrome: MELAS is the acronym for Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like…
- Talipes equinovarus The common ('classic') form of clubfoot. Talipes is made up of the Latin talus (ankle) + pes (foot). Equino-…