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Dwarfism, pituitary
Dwarfism caused by a lack of growth hormone, usually due to malfunction of the pituitary gland. Children with growth hormone deficiency may grow normally for the first two to three years of life but they then fall behind their peers in…
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Show more- Onychogryposis Abnormally thick curved fingernails or toenails. From the Greek onyx, nail + gryposis, curvature
- L Abbreviation for liter, a metric measure of capacity that, by definition, is equal to the volume of a…
- Reciprocal translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Congenital anomaly Something that is unusual or different at birth. A minor anomaly is defined as an unusual anatomic feature…
- Mercury poisoning The metallic element mercury is poisonous to humans. Mercury poisoning can occur in both acute and chronic…
- Intradiskal electrothermal therapy A procedure designed to relieve back pain due to damage to the disks between the spine bones. Called IDET for…
- Parumbilical Near the umbilicus (the 'belly button'). The parumbilical veins are small veins in the front wall of the…
- DNA repair gene A gene engaged in DNA repair. When a DNA repair gene is impaired, mutations pile up throughout the DNA. The…
- Pharmacogenomics The study of how variations in the human genome affect the response to medications. The older term…
- Rickettsiosis, vesicular See Rickettsialpox
- Code black While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…
- DSS1 Or Dss1. A small protein important to the process of error-free DNA repair by recombination