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Syndrome, incontinentia pigmenti
A genetic disease that begins soon after birth with the development of blisters on the trunk and limbs. These blisters then heal, but leave dark hyperpigmented streaks and marble-like whorls on the skin. Other key features include dental…
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Show more- Pharmacologist A specialist in the study of medications and their effects on the body
- Bariatric surgery Surgery on the stomach and/or intestines to help a person with extreme obesity lose weight. Bariatric surgery…
- Placental Pertaining to the placenta, the organ joining the mother and fetus during pregnancy
- Transcranial Through the cranium. As, for example, in transcranial magnetic stimulation
- Colic Colic: An attack of crying and apparent abdominal pain in early infancy. This is a common condition…
- A.c. Abbreviation on a prescription meaning before meals; from the Latin 'ante cibum', before meals. This is one…
- EOG Electro-oculography. A type of electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Dysplastic nevus An atypical mole whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to…
- Ovarian teratoma Also called a dermoid cyst of the ovary, this is a bizarre tumor, usually benign, in the ovary that typically…
- Exercise-induced asthma Asthma: Asthma that is 'triggered' by vigorous physical activity. Exercise-induced asthma tends particularly…
- Citrovorum factor See: Leucovorin
- Ciguatera Seafood poisoning due to ciguatoxin, a toxin acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled…