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DIDMOAD
An acronym that stands for Diabetes Insipidus (inability to concentrate the urine), Diabetes Mellitus, Optic Atrophy (degeneration of the nerve to the eye), and Deafness. These features are characteristic of this genetic disease which is…
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Show more- Syndrome, antiphospholipid antibody An immune disorder characterized by the presence of abnormal antibodies in the blood associated with abnormal…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme heparan N-sulfatase. See also: Mucopolysaccharidosis
- Menstruation Menstruation: The periodic blood that flows as a discharge from the uterus. Also called menorrhea, the time…
- Meningomyelocele Protrusion of the membranes that cover the spine but some of the spinal cord itself through a defect in the…
- Bypass, coronary See: Coronary artery bypass graft.
- Hydrocephalus, congenital Hydrocephalus present at birth
- Dupuytren, Guillaume (1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the…
- Heat exhaustion Heat exhaustion: A warning that the body is getting too hot. The person may be thirsty, giddy, weak…
- Rhogam Rh0 immunoglobulin, also called anti-Rh or anti-D immunoglobulin. An injectable blood product used to protect…
- Diploe The soft spongy material between the inside table and outside table (the interior and exterior bony plates)…
- Stercolith See: Fecalith
- Hepatic vein One of the veins which drains blood from the liver