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CCD (cleidocranial dysostosis)
>Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones) The child with this disorder can bring its shoulders together or nearly so. >Typical cranial and facial abnormalities with square…
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- Duchenne muscular dystrophy The best-known form of muscular dystrophy, due to mutation in a gene on the X chromosome that prevents the…
- Hard palate The bony part of the roof of the mouth. The hard palate is the front of the palate and is in front of the…
- Jackson Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Neural foramen See: Intervertebral foramen
- Drug, generic >The chemical name of a drug. >A term referring to the chemical makeup of a drug rather than to the…
- Dengue Also known as Dengue fever, an acute mosquito-borne viral illness of sudden onset that usually follows a…
- Fever, undulant An infectious disease due to the bacteria Brucella that characteristically causes rising and falling fevers…
- Diffuse mastocytosis A form of mastocytosis in which the entire skin is thickened and leathery with generalized reddening and…
- Mittelschmerz The occurrence of symptoms of mania and depression together. A person may feel sad and hopeless while at the…
- Cell fusion The melding of two or more cells into one cell called a heterokaryon. A heterokaryon may reproduce itself for…