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Stickler-Wagner syndrome
See: Stickler syndrome
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- Pediculosis Infested with lice. See also: Head lice; Pubic lice
- Sphingomyelin lipoidosis Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Embolism, crossed See Embolism, paradoxical
- Genome, cow See: Bovine genome
- Spots, Brushfield's Speckled iris. Little white spots that slightly elevated on the surface of the iris and are arranged in a…
- Test, allergy skin Allergy skin: Test done on the skin to identify the allergy substance (the allergen) that is triggering the…
- Locomotion Movement from one place to another. And the ability to locomote, to get from one place to the next. The…
- Nullipara A woman who has never given birth to a child.
- Output, cardiac The amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute. The amount of blood put out by the left ventricle of the…