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Dysplasia, thanatophoric
A form of short-limbed (micromelic) dwarfism that usually causes death within the first few hours after birth. Thanatophoric dysplasia is due to a lethal mutation (change) in the same gene that produces achondroplasia, a familiar and far…
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- Supplies kit, disaster You and your family can cope best by preparing for disaster before it strikes. One way to prepare is by…
- Braxton Hicks contractions Irregular contractions of the womb (the uterus) occurring towards the middle of pregnancy in the first…
- Aortic Pertaining to the aorta, the largest artery in the body. 'Aortic' is in common usage as, for example, in an…
- Angina Angina: Chest pain due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is…
- Infraspinatus muscle >The infraspinatus muscle; >The teres minor muscle, which (like the infraspinatus muscle) helps in the…
- Deficiency, fatty alcohol: NAD+ oxidoreductase Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Scrub in To wash the hands and forearms very thoroughly, as for surgery. To scrub in implies the use of a brush (and…
- Sexually transmitted disease in men 880'>Sexually transmitted diseases in men: Men can contract all of the venereal diseases, but may have no…
- Fenfluramine A weight loss drug, in a class of drugs called anorectics which decrease appetite. This drug, sold in the US…
- Nine-day measles An acute highly contagious viral disease with fever, runny nose, cough, red eyes, and a spreading skin rash…