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Sudden infant death with dysgenesis of testes
Abbreviated SIDDT. For more, see: SIDDT
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Show more- Cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
- Chancre The classic painless ulcer of syphilis. The chancre forms in the first (primary) stage of syphilis. It is…
- Olivo- Pertaining to the olive, a structure in the brain
- QHC Qualified health claim
- HHV-8 Human herpesvirus 8, a herpesvirus that contributes to the development of Kaposi sarcoma, an otherwise rare…
- Hydronephrosis Hydronephrosis: Distention of the kidney with urine. Due to obstruction of urine outflow (for example, by a…
- Turner-Kieser syndrome See Nail-patella syndrome
- Paraesthesia See: Paresthesia
- Dwarfism, achondroplastic A genetic disorder of bone growth, achondroplasia is the most common cause of short stature with…
- Center for Devices & Radiological Health Abbreviated CDRH. Part of the FDA (the US Food & Drug Administration)
- Gland, palpebral See: Meibomian gland
- Fetal rubella effects The constellation of abnormalities, also called the rubella syndrome, caused by infection with the rubella…