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- Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) A gas that can cause general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the company of other anesthetic…
- Cramp, writer's A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Fifth disease See Lymphatic filariasis.
- Adult respiratory distress syndrome Better known as ARDS. See: ARDS
- Joint hypermobility syndrome A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move beyond the normal range of…
- Arthritis, gout Joint inflammation caused by uric acid crystal deposits in the joint space. An attack is usually extremely…
- Pacemaker, implantable A device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the heart rhythm or to reproduce that rhythm. An internal…
- Octalene Trade name of the insecticide aldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Joint, calcaneocuboid The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid…
- FBN1 The fibrillin 1 gene. This gene is mutated in Marfan syndrome, the MASS syndrome, and related disorders of…
- Crossing over The exchange of genetic material between two paired chromosomes. Crossing over is a way to recombine the…