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Anticipation
A remarkable phenomenon in which a genetic disease appears earlier appearance and with increased from with each succeeding generation. Anticipation was once thought not to exist in genetics. It was chalked off as a meaningless statistical…
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- Chondroitin sulfate A glycosaminoglycan (formerly called a mucopolysaccharide) found in cartilage, bone, blood vessels and…
- Syndrome, deafness-ichthyosis-keratitis See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Superjacent Lying just above or upon. Overlying. The opposite of superjacent is subjacent. Other related terms include…
- NF1 (neurofibromatosis type 1) See: Neurofibromatosis type 1
- PEEP Peeping tom (voyeurism) is a disorder that involves achieving sexual arousal by observing an unsuspecting and…
- Dislocated shoulder See: Shoulder dislocation
- Seizure, Jacksonian See: Jacksonian seizure
- Sore 1. (adjective) A popular term for painful. I have sore fingers from typing dictionary terms. She has a sore…
- Laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis A kind of laser eye surgery designed to change the shape of the cornea to eliminate or reduce the need for…
- Med school Short informal term for medical school. (Medical schools are not often called med schools by medical…
- Guillotine A machine used during (and after) the French Revolution for beheading people condemned to death, by means of…