See Also: craniocarpotarsal dystrophy(medicine)
craniocarpotarsal dysplasia(medicine)
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Artificial pancreas (health)


A machine that constantly measures the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood and, in response to an elevated level of glucose, releases an appropriate amount of insulin to lower the level into the normal range. In this respect, the machine functions like a pancreas.





craniocarpotarsal dystrophy (medicine)


craniocarpotarsal dystrophy
Congenital association of skeletal defects (ulnar deviation of hands with camptodactyly, talipes equinovarus, and frontal bone defects) and characteristic facies (protrusion of lips as in whistling, sunken eyes with hypertelorism, and small nose); autosomal dominant inheritance.

Synonym: craniocarpotarsal dysplasia, Freeman-Sheldon syndrome, whistling face syndrome.