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SLS (Sjogren-Larsson syndrome)
The Sjogren-Larsson syndrome is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a triad of clinical findings consisting of ichthyosis (thickened fish-like skin), spastic paraplegia (spasticity of the legs) and mental retardation…
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- Postremission therapy Chemotherapy to kill leukemia cells that survive after remission induction therapy
- Postlingual After the development of speech and language. As opposed to prelingual, before the development of speech. See…
- Hepatic- A combining form used before a vowel to indicate a relationship to a hepatic duct or the liver. From the…
- Sexual sadism Individuals with sexual sadism disorder have persistent fantasies in which sexual excitement results from…
- Beverly Hills diet The Beverly Hills diet is a weight loss plan based upon the premise that eating certain fruits leads to…
- Phlebotomist A person who draws blood.
- Itchy ear Itching of the ears. Can be the first sign of an ear infection, but if the problem is chronic, it is more…
- Northern blot A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Scleroderma Scleroderma: A disease of connective tissue with the formation of scar tissue (fibrosis) in the skin and…
- Cancer, melanoma A skin cancer that begins in cells called melanocytes that can grow together to form benign (not cancerous)…
- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division