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Stickler's syndrome
See: Stickler syndrome
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Show more- Dysmotility syndrome A vague, descriptive term used to describe diseases of the muscles of the gastrointestinal tract (esophagus…
- Metapneumovirus, human See: Human metapneumovirus
- Exophthalmos Protruding eyeball. A common finding in hyperthyroidism (too much thyroid hormone) of Graves disease
- Articulation 1. In speech, the production and use of speech sounds.2. In dentistry, the contact of the occlusal surfaces…
- Disease, Rendu-Osler-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Napiform A little-used but useful adjective meaning turnip-shaped. Large and round at the top and tapering down…
- Laryngeal dystonia See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- NINR The National Institute of Nursing Research, one of the National Institutes of Health
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
- Pseudoobstruction, myopathic Intestinal pseudoobstruction caused by damage to muscle cells in the walls of the bowel
- Papillary tumor A tumor shaped like a small mushroom with its stem attached to the inner lining of the bladder
- Eskalith See: Lithium