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Scoliosis, nonstructural
A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis involves a temporary change of spinal curvature. This is caused by an underlying condition such as a difference in leg length, muscle…
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- Choanal atresia Blockage of the choana, the passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. The choana is…
- Epidemiology, clinical Epidemiology focused specifically upon patients. Epidemiology is the study of populations in order to…
- MCL (medial collateral ligament) of the knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Sclerosing panencephalitis, subacute (SSPE) A chronic brain disease of children and adolescents that occurs months to often years after an attack of…
- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
- Zovirax Brand name of Acyclovir
- SPD calcinosis Striopallidodentate (SPD) calcinosis, a condition first described in 1930 by T. Fahr and therefore called…
- Chemo Slang for chemotherapy -- drug therapy for cancer. Most anticancer drugs are given IV (into a vein) or IM…
- Recurrence risk In medical genetics, the recurrence risk is the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in the…
- MM In medicine, the abbreviation for meningomyelocele (spina bifida), malignant melanoma, and multiple myeloma…