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Postmenopausal cervical kyphosis
An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager's hump. A…
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- Birth companion See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Myelogram An x-ray of the spinal cord and the bones of the spine. During a myelogram, a contrast material that is…
- Hypertension, pulmonary See: Pulmonary hypertension
- Syndrome, Horner A complex of abnormal findings, namely sinking in of one eyeball, ipsilateral ptosis (drooping of the upper…
- Granary weevil A true weevil that is among the most destructive of all insects in stored grain and that is the culprit…
- Molecular biology The study of biology on a molecular level including the structure, function, and makeup of biologically…
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Colon cancer and polyps Colon cancer and polyps: Benign tumors of the large intestine are called polyps. Malignant tumors of the…
- Department of Energy (DOE). One of the U.S. government agencies contributing to the Human Genome Project
- Charcot-Wilbrand syndrome Loss of dreaming after a stroke. In more technical terms the syndrome is characterized by visual agnosia and…
- Jaundice, hemolytic Jaundice, hemolytic: Jaundice caused by destruction of red blood cells. This can be an inborn condition…