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- Neutral posture The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral…
- Signal transduction pathway The course by which a signal from outside a cell is converted to a functional change within the cell
- Choanal atresia Blockage of the choana, the passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. The choana is…
- Melorheostosis A rare bone condition that usually begins in childhood characterized by thickening of the bones (sclerosis)…
- Penicillin-resistant bacteria Bacteria that are unaffected by penicillin. Such organisms can sometimes be killed using sulfa drugs…
- Diprosopus Two-faced conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical twins). The twins have almost complete fusion of…
- Male genitalia The genital organs of the male. These are usually separated by convention into the external and internal…
- LCHAD deficiency Acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP) has been found to be associated in some cases with an abnormality of…
- Circumcision Circumcision: Surgery that removes the foreskin (the loose tissue) covering the glans of the penis…
- Porphyria A diverse group of diseases in which the production of heme is disrupted. Porphyria is derived from the Greek…
- Celiac disease, adult See Celiac sprue