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Fibrous dysplasia, polyostotic
The lateral (outside) and smaller of the two long bones in the lower leg between the knee and ankle. (The other bone in the lower leg is the tibia.) The fibula is not weight bearing. It articulates (comes together to form a joint) with the…
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- Test, CA 125 See: CA 125
- Yolk stalk A narrow tube present in the early embryo that connects the midgut of the embryo to the yolk sac outside the…
- Prenatal development The process of growth and development within the womb, in which a single-cell zygote (the cell formed by the…
- NBIA Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation. See: Hallervorden-Spatz disease
- Stenosis, subaortic Narrowing of the left ventricle of the heart just below the aortic valve through which blood must pass on its…
- Menstruation, retrograde The flow of menstrual blood from the uterus into the fallopian tubes, and potentially into the abdomen. This…
- Antihistamines Drugs that combat the histamine released during an allergic reaction by blocking the action of the histamine…
- TSH Stands for thyroid stimulating hormone, a hormone produced by the pituitary gland at the base of the brain in…
- Familial cancer Cancer or a predisposition (tendency) to it that runs in families.
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type VII Sly syndrome, due to deficiency of the enzyme beta-glucuronidase. See also Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Chromosome, acrocentric An abnormal chromosome that is distinctive in appearance but not fully identified. A marker chromosome is not…