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Pathobiology
Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease
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Show more- Candida albicans Any gene thought likely to cause a disease. The gene may be a candidate because it is located in a particular…
- Corpus amygdaloideum See: Amygdaloid nucleus
- Vitamin B15 An old name for dimethylglycine (DMG, pangamic acid), which is no longer considered to be a vitamin by the…
- Hoarseness Hoarseness: Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice…
- Apraxia The inability to execute a voluntary motor movement despite being able to demonstrate normal muscle function…
- Syndrome, tooth and nail A genetic disorder characterized by the absence of several teeth at birth and abnormalities of the nails. The…
- Ephelis A form of freckle. A flat red or light-brown spot on the skin that typically appears during the sunny months…
- Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber (KTW) syndrome A congenital malformation syndrome characterized by the triad of asymmetric limb hypertrophy, hemangiomata…
- Fats Plural of the word 'fat'. See the definition of fat
- Ependymoma A type of brain tumor derived from the cells that line the cavities within the ventricles of the brain and…
- Typhus, tick Also known as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, an acute febrile (feverish) disease initially recognized in the…
- Disease-free survival See: Multiple sclerosis.