Glossary

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  • Dysgnathia

    Abnormality of the mandible and maxilla.  

  • Dysglobulinemia

    Abnormality of the amount or quality of blood globulins.  

  • Gonadal dysgenesis

    A congenital endocrine disorder caused by failure of the ovaries to respond to pituitary hormone (gonadotropin) stimulation. Clinically there is amenorrhea, failure of sexual maturation, and usually short stature. About one third of these patients have webbing of the neck and may have cubitus valgus. Intelligence may be impaired. Gonadal dysgenesis refers to the abnormal…

  • Dysgammaglobulinem

    Disproportion in the concentration of immunoglobulins in the blood. It may be congenital or acquired.  

  • Hypotonic uterine dysfunction

    The slowing or complete arrest of the progress of labor, caused by weak or infrequent contractions of the uterus. Also known as secondary uterine inertia.  

  • Dysfluency

    Hesitant or halting verbal or written language use. Examples of dysfluencies are cluttering and stuttering. This lack of linguistic fluency may be normal during the early phases of language acquisition (e.g., in childhood).  

  • Dysfibrinogenemia

    Any anomaly in the molecular architecture of fibrinogen. It may cause abnormal bleeding, abnormal blood clotting, or both.  

  • Dysferlinopathy

    Any form of muscular dystrophy caused by deficient expression of dysferlin. Dysferlinopathies tend to weaken proximal and distal muscles.  

  • Dysferlin

    A skeletal muscle cell membrane protein. Deficiency or absence of this protein results in several forms of muscular dystrophy.  

  • Vulvar dysesthesia

    Generalized constant, severe burning vulvar pain of unknown origin.