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Four-finger line
See: Simian crease
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- Collagen, type IV, alpha 5 See: COL4A5
- Sexually transmitted disease Any disease transmitted by sexual contact; caused by microorganisms that survive on the skin or mucus…
- Palatine Anatomically, pertaining to the palate. For example, the palatine bone
- Amini Amini, Fariborz
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 ALS8. A form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation…
- Galenic arteriovenous malformation See: Vein of Galen aneurysm
- Pathy A suffix derived from the Greek 'pathos' meaning 'suffering or disease' that serves as a suffix in many terms…
- Nerves, cranial Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from…
- Ectodermal Pertaining to the ectoderm or to tissues derived from the ectoderm, one of the three primary germ cell layers…
- Ataxia telangiectasia mutated See: ATM