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Amelanotic melanoma
See: Melanoma, amelanotic
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- Heterochromia iridis A difference of color between the iris of one eye and the other. (A person with one brown and one blue eye…
- Gene, evolutionarily conserved A gene that has remained essentially unchanged throughout evolution. Conservation of a gene indicates that it…
- EPR Abbreviation for Electrophrenic respiration. Also known as diaphragm pacing. See: Diaphragm pacing
- Vulvar pain, chronic Also called essential vulvodynia (literally means 'painful vulva'), pain in the vulva, the female external…
- Anomaly, congenital Anomaly, congenital: A birth defect. A malformation that occurs before birth and is present at birth
- Scoliosis, acquired Lateral (sideways) curving of the spine present at birth or due to a condition present at birth. The…
- Rothmund-Thomson syndrome To go around and see a patient in a hospital or other in-patient setting.
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