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Fear of having a malformed child
An abnormal and persistent fear of bearing a malformed child is termed teratophobia. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. The term…
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- Meniscus injury Injuries to the crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone)…
- Nephron A key unit, both anatomically and functionally, of the kidney.
- Bone, ankle The ankle bone is termed the talus. It is the bone of the foot that joins the tibia and fibula to form the…
- Immunocow A cow that has been genetically engineered to produce human antibodies. An immunocow, when challenged with an…
- Anesthetic, epidural An anesthetic injected into the epidural space surrounding the fluid-filled sac (the dura) around the spine…
- Lawson Wilkins See: Wilkins, Lawson
- Centric-fusion translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement, also called a Robertsonian translocation, in which there is fusion of an…
- Osteitis fibrosa cystica A condition associated with hyperparathyroidism in which bone tissue is gradually replaced by cysts and fibers
- HUS Hemolytic uremic syndrome
- Type I error The statistical error (said to be 'of the first kind' or alpha error) made in testing an hypothesis when it…
- Non-inferiority clinical trial A clinical trial that shows that a new treatment is equivalent to standard treatment. Also called a…