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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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- Lithotomy Surgical removal of a stone, especially a kidney or bladder stone. From the Greek roots litho-, stone + tome…
- MCTD Abbreviation standing for Mixed Connective Tissue Disease, an overlapping mixture of three diseases of…
- Kidney cancer Kidney cancer: Malignancy of the kidney, the organ that is primarily responsible for the removal of metabolic…
- Huntington disease Huntington disease: An hereditary disorder with mental and physical deterioration leading to death. Although…
- Dermatoglyphic Pertaining to dermatoglyphics -- the study of dermal ridges on the fingers, palms, toes, and soles
- Systemic Affecting the entire body. A systemic disease such as diabetes can affect the whole body. Systemic…
- Meibomian gland One of the little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant called sebum which they discharge through their…
- Disease, acute respiratory A sudden condition in which breathing is difficult and the oxygen levels in the blood abruptly drop lower…
- Multislice computed tomography See: Multidetector computed tomography
- Favism A condition characterized by hemolytic anemia (breakup of red blood cells) after eating fava beans (Vicia…
- Atypical Not typical, not usual, not normal, abnormal. Atypical is often used to refer to the appearance of…