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Dystrophy
any degenerative disorder resulting from inadequate or faulty nutrition
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using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (aca…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental re…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.a genetic disorder characterized by high levels of beta-lipoproteins and cholesterol; can lead to atherosclerosis at an early age
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.any of a number of diseases in which an inherited defect (usually a missing or inadequate enzyme) results in an abnormality of metabol…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.an inherited disorder of metabolism in which the urine has a odor characteristic of maple syrup; if untreated it can lead to mental re…
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Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.the use of ultrasonography to view structure in the back of the eye
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are sus…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are sus…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.a congenital disease affecting T cells that can result from a mutation in any one of several different genes; children with it are sus…
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine, Medical genetics.(medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance
Used in the same subject area: Medicine and healthcare, General medicine.(medicine) the process of removing a heavy metal from the bloodstream by means of a chelate as in treating lead or mercury poisoning
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an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.(neurophysiology) a nerve impulse resulting from a weak stimulus is just as strong as a nerve impulse resulting from a strong stimulus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.a personality disorder characterized by amorality and lack of affect; capable of violent acts without guilt feelings (‘psychopathic pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.Faulty; meriting blame.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.(biology) degenerative reversion of cells or tissue to a less differentiated or more primitive form
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: degenerative, disorder, resulting, inadequate, faulty.To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.
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