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Chronic lung disease of the newborn
The need for supplemental oxygen in an infant born prematurely, especially when that need is present after 36 weeks’ gestation. This condition was formerly called bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
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Chronicity
The condition of being long lasting or of showing little or slow progress.
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Chronic exposure
Continued exposure(s) to a toxic agent or radiation over an extended period of time.
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Chronically neurologically impaired
Having a general level of intellectual function that is significantly below average and that exists concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior. These behavioral changes may first appear in childhood or may develop after head trauma or stroke. This condition is sometimes called “organic brain syndrome” in adults or “mental retardation” in children. Chronically neurologically impaired…
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Chromotherapy
The use of colored light to treat disease. Often termed Color Therapy, a type of alternative medicine that uses color as a treatment for various ailments. Usually part of a general category of healing called reflexology, color is used sometimes purely by itself and sometimes in conjunction with such enhancers as selected musical sounds or…
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Philadelphia chromosomes
An abnormal chromosome 22 in which there is translocation of the distal portion of its long arm to chromosome 9. It is found in leukocyte cultures of many patients with chronic myelocytic leukemia. The Philadelphia chromosome was the first chromosomal change found to be characteristic of a human disease. An atypical chromosome observed in individuals…
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Banded chromosomes
A chromosome specially stained to delineate bands of various widths on its regions or loci. This facilitates analysis and investigation of genes and gene-related illnesses.
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Accessory chromosomes
An unpaired sex chromosome.
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Chromosomal inversion
A rearrangement of genetic material in which a sequence of DNA reads backward instead of forward. In human beings chromosomal inversions may result in fetal anomalies, miscarriage, or other conditions.
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Chromoprotein
One of a group of conjugated proteins consisting of a protein combined with hematin or another colored, metal-containing, prosthetic group (e.g., hemoglobin, hemocyanin, chlorophyll, flavoproteins, cytochromes).
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