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Multiple symmetric lipomatosis
A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper trunk, arms and legs. The condition is thought to be genetic although its exact mode of inheritance is uncertain. It may be a…
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- Enteroscopy The use of a flexible instrument (a 'scope') to examine the small intestine, a very long hollow tube located…
- PMD Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease
- Cerebral vascular See: Cerebrovascular
- Dissection The process of cutting apart or separating tissue as, for example, in the study of anatomy or in the course…
- Genome, dog See: Dog genome
- Ankle bone The ankle bone is termed the talus. It is the bone of the foot that joins the tibia and fibula to form the…
- HNPCC Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer
- Agita Heartburn, acid indigestion, an upset stomach or, by extension, a general feeling of upset. The word is…
- Mutation, nonsense A mutation (a change) in a base in the DNA that prematurely stops the translation (reading) of messenger RNA…
- Endonuclease An enzyme that cleaves a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) at specific internal sites in the nucleotide base sequence
- Marie-Strumpell disease A synonym for ankylosing spondylitis. Named for the French neurologist Pierre Marie (1853-1940) and the…