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Keratoplasty
Keratoplasty: Corneal transplant.more detail info...
Keratosis
Keratosis: A localized overgrowth of the upper layer of skin. Common forms of keratosis include aging (senile keratosis) and sun exposure (actinic keratosis).more detail info...
Keratotomy
Keratotomy: A surgical incision (cut) of the cornea. A radial keratotomy is a surgical procedure designed to flatten the cornea and thereby correct myopia (nearsightedness). It is called a radial keratotomy because the incisions resemble the spokes inmore detail info...
Kernicterus
Kernicterus: Disorder due to jaundice in a newborn baby with high blood levels of the pigment bilirubin that is deposited in the brain resulting in damage. The level of bilirubin is monitored in newborns to determine whether treatment is needed to prevmore detail info...
Kernig's sign
Kernig's sign: A sign of meningitis (inflammation of the meninges covering the brain and spinal cord). The test for Kernig's sign is done by having the person lie supine (flat on the back), flex the thigh so that it is at a right angle to the trumore detail info...
Keshan disease
Keshan disease: Condition caused by deficiency of the essential mineral selenium. Keshan disease is a potentially fatal form of cardiomyopathy (disease of the heart muscle). It was first observed in Keshan province in China and since has been found elsmore detail info...
Ketoacidosis
Ketoacidosis: Ketosis (accumulation of substances called ketone bodies in the blood) plus acidosis (increased acidity of the blood). Ketoacidosis occurs when diabetes is not controlled.more detail info...
KID syndrome
KID syndrome: The Keratitis- Ichthyosis-Deafness syndrome, an inherited disorder in which affected persons have gradual destruction of the cornea (keratitis) of the eye (possibly leading to blindness), localized areas of disfiguring reddish thimore detail info...
Kidney Diseases, Nat'l Inst of Diabetes & Digestiv
Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and (NIDDK): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., the NIDDK has a multisystem name and a comparably broad mission, namely, to öconduct and support basic and applied rmore detail info...
Kidney stone
Kidney stone: A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). A common cause of blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or groin. Occurs in 1 in 20 people at some time in their life. Development of the stones is related tomore detail info...
Kidney transplant
Kidney transplant: The first kidney transplant was done by Boston surgeon Joseph Murray in 1954.more detail info...
Kidneys
Kidneys: The kidneys are a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear &poisons& from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part ofmore detail info...
Kilobase
Kilobase: Unit of length of DNA equal to 1000 nucleotide bases.more detail info...
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease
Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease: Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson disease is a kidney condition associated with long-standing diabetes. It affects the network of tiny blood vessels (the microvasculature) in the glomerulus, a kmore detail info...
Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome
Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome: Diabetic nephropathy (kidney disease). Kimmelstiel-Wilson syndrome is a kidney condition associated with long-standing diabetes. It affects the network of tiny blood vessels (the microvasculature) in the glomerulus, amore detail info...
Kindred
Kindred: The extended family.more detail info...
Kinetic
Kinetic: With movement. The opposite of kinetic is akinetic. It means without movement. In neurology, kinetic and akinetic denote the presence or absence of movement. Kinetic comes from the Greek word "kinesis" for motion. The term "akinetic" ismore detail info...
Kinetics
Kinetics: Kinetics (with an "s" at the end) refers to the rate of change in a biochemical (or other) reaction, the study of reaction rates. Kinetics is a noun. It is distinct from "kinetic" (an adjective) meaning with movement. The opposite of kmore detail info...
Kinky hair syndrome
Kinky hair syndrome: Genetic disorder with fragile twisted (&kinky&) hair and progressive deterioration of the brain. Due to an error in copper transport resulting in copper deficiency. Females are carriers and their sons with the gene have tmore detail info...
Kinship
Kinship: Relationship by marriage or, specifically, a blood tie.more detail info...