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Syphilis. Depending upon someone's thoughts as to where the disease came from, syphilis was also known as the French, Italian, Spanish and Polish disease
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Show more- Doraphobia An abnormal and persistent fear of fur. Sufferers of this fear avoid fur-bearing animals such as dogs, cats…
- C. welchii Clostridium welchii
- X-ray crystallography The use of X-rays of known wavelength to learn the structure of any crystalline material. Put otherwise…
- Oculocutaneous albinism See: Albinism, oculocutaneous
- Heterozygous Possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A person who is…
- Trans- (prefix) From the Latin meaning 'across, over, or beyond.' Medical terms containing 'trans- ' as a prefix include…
- Facioauriculovertebral sequence See: Goldenhar syndrome
- Spinal muscular atrophy A genetic disease characterized by progressive loss of lower motor neurons (anterior horn cells) in the…
- Twenty-twenty Perfectly normal vision. From the ability to score 20/20 on the test of visual acuity with the eye chart…
- Bone, temporal See: Temporal bone
- Clinical social worker, licensed See: Licensed clinical social worker
- Meuse fever Fever: Named for the Meuse River area, one of the great battlegrounds of World War I. Also known as trench…