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Syndrome, Coffin-Lowry
An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic face, finger and skeletal abnormalities. Facial features include prominent forehead, widespread eyes, downslanting eyeslits, prominent…
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- Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency: An inherited disorder that results in low or no production of a protein…
- Myoglobin The pigment in muscle that carries oxygen.
- IgG Immunoglobulin G, a major class of immunoglobulins found in the blood, including many of the most common…
- Adam A street name for 3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine. See: Ecstasy
- Sleepwalking Sleepwalking: Purposeful moving, usually but not always including walking, while in a deep stage of sleep…
- Oogonium A female ancestral germ cell that divides several times to give rise to an oocyte that, in turn, develops…
- Blighted ovum A fertilized ovum (egg) that did not develop or whose development ceased at an early stage, before 6 or 7…
- Trichoepithelioma A small benign tumor derived from basal cells in the hair follicle. Trichoepithelioma may occur sporadically…
- Tocolytic Relating to the inhibition of labor, delaying or halting labor
- Bronchitis, chronic Defined clinically as a daily cough with production of sputum for 3 months, two years in a row. In chronic…
- Cloning, DNA The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA