Spongiform
Resembling a sponge in being soft and full of cavities, as in as in transmissible spongiform encephalopathy.
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Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome.
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Also called Canavan disease, this is a severe progressive fatal inherited (genetic) disorder of the central nervous system (CNS). The signs of Canavan disease usually appear when the children are between 3 and 6 months of age. They include developmental delay (significant motor slowness), enlargement of the head (macrocephaly), loss of muscle tone (hypotonia), poor […]
- Spontaneous abortion
A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is born before the 20th week of pregnancy. Spontaneous abortion occurs in at least 15-20% of all recognized pregnancies and usually takes place before the 13th week of pregnancy. A spontaneous abortion is as opposed to […]
- Sporadic
Occurring upon occasion or in a scattered, isolated, or seemingly random way.
- Sporotrichosis
An infection caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, typically involving the skin. Persons handling thorny plants, sphagnum moss, or baled hay are at increased risk of developing sporotrichosis. The first sign is usually a small painless bump resembling an insect bite. The bump can be red, pink, or purple in color, and it usually appears […]