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Show more- Internal genitalia, female See: Female internal genitalia
- Disease, Lou Gehrig Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a classic motor neuron disease. Motor neuron diseases are progressive…
- Myopathy, mitochondrial Nearsightedness, the ability to see close objects more clearly than distant objects. Myopia can be caused by…
- Amenorrhea Absence or cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally divided into primary and secondary…
- PVS Pigmented villonodular synovitis
- Hyperosmolar In biochemistry, pertaining to an osmolar concentration of the body fluids that is abnormally increased. As…
- Prophase chromosome A chromosome at the prophase stage in the cell cycle, before metaphase (when a chromosome is most highly…
- Optic cup The white, cup-like area in the center of the optic disc. The optic disk is the circular area at the back of…
- Sensorineural deafness with XX gonadal dysgenesis See: Perrault syndrome.
- HTLV-I Human T-lymphotropic virus type I, often referred to simply as the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV). HTLV-II…
- Nucleocapsid The genome + the protein coat of a virus. The nucleic acid (RNA or DNA) of the virus is its genome. The…
- Sir Charles Bell See: Bell, Charles