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Map-dot-fingerprint type corneal dystrophy
A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows geographic map-like lines, dots (or microcysts), and grayish fingerprint lines on examination with a slit-lamp, a device that focuses a high intensity light…
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Show more- Vitamin B2 An essential nutrient found in meat, dairy foods, plant foods and grain products. The body requires vitamin…
- Learning problem See: Learning disability
- Regress To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a…
- Acrocentric chromosome A chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) with its centromere…
- Multiple abortions Two or more miscarriages (spontaneous abortions) by a woman. Couples who have had multiple abortions have…
- Cryosurgery Treatment performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissue. See also cryotherapy.
- DNA, nongenetic Through the marvelous medium of the Internet, we have discovered that DNA need not refer to deoxyribonucleic…
- Nostradamus Celebrated French physician and astrologer (1503-1566), born Michel de Notredame. Nostradamus studied…
- Vitamin D3 A vitamin produced by the body when exposed to ultraviolet light or obtained from dietary sources. Vitamin D3…
- Diabetes, non-insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes. See also Diabetes, type 2.
- Ovum An egg in the ovary of the female. This egg is called the female 'gamete' or sex cell. It combines with the…
- Naproxen Naproxen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used for the management of mild to moderate pain…