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Progeria
A rare genetic disorder that causes children to age prematurely. The classic type of childhood progeria is Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome, which is commonly referred to as progeria. It is characterized by dwarfism, baldness, pinched nose…
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Show more- Porcine Having to do with swine. From the Latin 'porcus' meaning 'pig.' Porcine insulin is obtained from pig…
- Split personality Multiple personality disorder, a neurosis in which the personality becomes dissociated into two or more…
- Anti-emetic See: Antiemetic
- GCRC Gaucher's disease.
- Diseases related to obesity Obesity increases the risk of developing a large number of diseases. These include: > >Type 2 (adult-onset)…
- Zinc finger A finger-shaped fold in a protein that permits it to interact with DNA and RNA. The fold is created by the…
- Viremia The presence of a virus in the blood. Viremia is analogous to bacteremia (the presence of bacteria in the…
- Meningococcal infection Infection with the bacterium Neisseria meningitidis. (Neisseria was formerly called Meningococcus and the…
- Wolfram syndrome A genetic neurodegenerative disease that leads to many different abnormalities including diabetes insipidus…
- Calicivirus >Norovirus, a common cause of food poisoning and acute gastroenteritis in humans; >Sapovirus, formerly called…
- Cancer of the labia See: Cancer of the vulva
- Dermatofibroma A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often…