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Cleidocranial dysplasia
Cleidocranial dysplasia: A genetic (inherited) disorder of bone development characterized by: > >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones) The child with this disorder can…
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- XXXXX syndrome A chromosome disorder in females, caused by the presence of five X chromosomes rather than the usual two. It…
- Bruit A sound, especially an abnormal one. A bruit may be heard over an artery or vascular channel, reflecting…
- High altitude pulmonary edema High altitude pulmonary edema: Known for short as HAPE, the accumulation in the lungs of extravascular fluid…
- Pulse The rhythmic contraction and expansion of an artery due to the surge of blood from the beat of the heart. The…
- Psychosis, schizophrenia The most chronic and disabling of the major mental illnesses. Schizophrenia may be one disorder, or it may be…
- Glutathione S-transferase, omega-1 See: Glutathione S-transferase omega-1
- Beetle, blister A blister beetle is one of a number of beetles that have historically been used in dried or powdered form for…
- Blot, Western A technique in molecular biology, used to separate and identify proteins. Called a Western blot merely…
- Waardenburg syndrome A genetic disorder that causes deafness, white forelock (a frontal white blaze of hair), a difference of…
- Apoptosis A form of cell death in which a programmed sequence of events leads to the elimination of cells without…
- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…