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Developmental dyspraxia
A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The physical abilities affected may be gross or fine motor skills. Developmental dyspraxia may be seen alone or in combination with…
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- Rib, sternal One of the first 7 pairs of ribs. A rib is said to be a 'sternal' rib or a 'true' rib if it attaches to the…
- Isocellular Composed of cells of the same size and type. Isocellular is a Greek-Latin hybrid term compounded from the…
- Electrophysiologic testing of the retina See: Electrophysiologic retinal testing
- Olivae The olives, twin structures in the brain
- Heterotrisomy Trisomy of different chromosomes. The occurrence of two children in the same family, one with trisomy 18 and…
- Hyposmia A reduced ability to smell and to detect odors. Some people have anosmia and can detect no odors
- HCG Human chorionic gonadotropin, a human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta…
- Nurse-midwife A person who is trained in both nursing and midwifery and, in the US, is certified by the American College of…
- Keratitis, vaccinia See Vaccinia keratitis
- WFS1 A gene on the short (p) arm of chromosome 4 in band 4p16 that encodes (provides the instructions for) a…
- Cancer, prostatic Cancer of the gland (prostate) that produces some of the components of semen fluid. The second leading cause…