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- Blunted affect See: Flat affect
- Trismus and pseudocamptodactyly syndrome See: Hecht syndrome
- ACC Adenoid cystic carcinoma
- Frame, open reading See: Open reading frame
- Peromyscus maniculatus See: Deer mouse
- Tuberculotic See: Tuberculous
- Phenomenon, Babinski A neurologic reflex that constitutes an important medical examination based upon what the big toe does when…
- Hydroxytryptamine See: Serotonin
- Familial A condition that is tends to occur more often in family members than expected by chance alone. A familial…
- Breast lump A localized swelling, knot, bump, bulge or protuberance in the breast. Breast lumps may appear in both sexes…