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Exaggerated startle disease
A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction). This disorder was not recognized until 1962 when it was described by Drs. Kok and Bruyn as a disease with the onset at birth of…
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Show more- Gonadotropin Hormones that are secreted by the pituitary gland, and that affect the function of the male or female gonads…
- Arrhythmia An abnormal heart rhythm. In an arrhythmia the heartbeats may be too slow, too rapid, too irregular, or too…
- Lymphocytic Referring to lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell.
- Cirrhosis Cirrhosis: An abnormal liver condition characterized by irreversible scarring of the liver. Alcohol and viral…
- Gallbladder agenesis This is a condition in which the gallbladder fails to develop. This happens in approximately one out of every…
- Syndrome, deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Knee replacement, total A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery…
- Homologous The relationship between two chromosomes that are paired and so are homologs of each other.
- Pulmonary tuberculosis See: Tuberculosis, pulmonary.
- Cataract, secondary A cataract that develops secondary to another disease or surgery. The other disease may, for example, be…
- Neuralgia, facial Severe pain, usually occurring in bursts, that emanates along the path of the trigeminal nerve. The…
- Hemophilia A group of inherited bleeding disorders in which the ability of blood to clot is impaired. See: Hemophilia A…