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Multicentric
Having more than one center. A term often applied to tumors. A minority of Wilms tumors are multicentric and appear to represent separate tumors. A multicentric breast cancer involves two or more distinct primary tumors, usually in…
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- Paget disease A chronic bone disorder that typically results in enlarged, deformed bones due to excessive breakdown and…
- Angioedema, hereditary A genetic form of angioedema. (Angioedema is also referred to as Quinke's disease.) Persons with it are born…
- Second cranial nerve The second cranial nerve is the optic nerve, the nerve that connects the eye to the brain and carries the…
- Sex before sports Sexual intercourse before an athletic event. A commonly held belief in sports is that athletes should not…
- Dysplasia, faciogenital See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Hemithorax Half of the thorax or, more simply, one side of the chest. The plural is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces. A…
- Embolism, paradoxical Passage of a clot (thrombus) from a vein to an artery. When clots in veins break off (embolize) , they travel…
- Sulfonamides The sulfa-related group of antibiotics, which are used to treat bacterial infection and some fungal…
- Clonic seizure A seizure in which there are generalized clonic contractions with the entire body jerking, but without a…
- Disease, Canavan A severe progressive inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The signs of Canavan…
- NREM sleep Sleep: NREM (non-rapid eye movement) sleep is dreamless sleep. During NREM, the brain waves on the…