| 1. | Naegeli syndrome | (Also called Naegeli-Franceschetti-Jadassohn syndrome) is a rare autosomal dominant form of ectodermal dysplasia, characterized by reticular skin pigmentation, diminished function of the More… 0.5 KB |
| 2. | Nail patella syndrome | (NPS) (also called "Fong syndrome," and "Hereditary osteoonychodysplasia") is a genetic disorder that is also referred to as Iliac Horn Syndrome, Hereditary More… 0.7 KB |
| 3. | Narcolepsy | is a chronic sleep disorder (a dyssomnia) characterized by overwhelming daytime drowsiness and sudden attacks of sleep. The condition is most characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness More… 1.3 KB |
| 4. | Nasopharyngeal carcinoma | (NPC) is a cancer originating in the nasopharynx, the uppermost region of the pharynx or "throat", where the nasal passages and auditory tubes join the remainder of the upper More… 2.1 KB |
| 5. | Natural childbirth | Natural Childbirth is a philosophy of childbirth that is based on the notion that women who are adequately prepared are innately able to give birth to their child, without external More… 1.9 KB |
| 6. | Necrotizing fasciitis | commonly known as flesh-eating disease or flesh-eating bacteria, is a rare infection of the deeper layers of skin and subcutaneous tissues, easily spreading across the fascial plane within More… 2.5 KB |
| 7. | Neisseria meningitidis | also called meningococcus, is the bacterium that causes meningitis, an infection of the membrane that covers the brain. N. meningitidis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in More… 3.1 KB |
| 8. | Nelson syndrome | is the rapid enlargement of a pituitary adenoma that occurs after the removal of both adrenal glands. Removal of both adrenal glands, or bilateral adrenalectomy, is an operation for More… 0.9 KB |
| 9. | Nemaline myopathy | (also known as rod myopathy or nemaline rod myopathy) is a congenital, hereditary neuromuscular disorder that causes muscle weakness, generally nonprogressive, of varying More… 1.1 KB |
| 10. | Neonatal Hemochromatosis | is a rare and severe liver disease. Its characteristics are similar to hereditary hemochromatosis, where iron deposition causes damage to the liver and other organs and tissues. The More… 1.0 KB |
| 11. | Neonatal hepatitis | Neonatal hepatitis or Perinatal hepatitis is a rare fulminant disease of the liver, of unknown cause, characterized by massive deposition of iron in the liver, pancreas, heart, and endocrine More… 0.8 KB |
| 12. | Neoplasia | neoplasm is an abnormal and uncontrolled growth of tissue—a tumor or growth. A neoplasm that does not spread, that is, metastasize, to other tissues is described as benign, although it may More… 1.1 KB |
| 13. | Nephrocalcinosis | once known as Albright's calcinosis after Fuller Albright, is a term originally used to describe deposition of calcium salts in the renal parenchyma due to hyperparathyroidism. It is More… 0.8 KB |
| 14. | Nephrotic syndrome | is a nonspecific disorder in which the kidneys are damaged, causing them to leak large amounts of protein (proteinuria at least 3.5 grams per day per 1.73m2 body surface area) from the blood More… 0.6 KB |
| 15. | Netherton syndrome | Most babies who have it are "scalded-looking" at birth and are very slow to gain weight all through their life but especially in the first year. As a result they may well be kept More… 1.9 KB |
| 16. | Neurasthenia | is a psycho-pathological term first used by George Miller Beard in 1869 to denote a condition with symptoms of fatigue, anxiety, headache, impotence, neuralgia and depressed mood. It is More… 2.2 KB |
| 17. | Neuroacanthocytosis | (also called Levine-Critchley syndrome or chorea-acanthocytosis) is a rare movement disorder marked by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, progressive cognitive loss, chorea More… 1.2 KB |
| 18. | Neuroblastoma | is the most common extracranial solid cancer in childhood and the most common cancer in infancy, with an annual incidence of about 650 new cases per year in the US. Close to 50 percent of More… 1.4 KB |
| 19. | Neurofibromatosis | Neurofibromatosis is a genetically-inherited disease in which nerve tissue grows tumors (e.g. neurofibromas) that may be harmless or may cause serious damage by compressing nerves and other More… 1.1 KB |
| 20. | Neuromuscular | means pertaining to the relationship between nerve and muscle. If the nerve impulse is interrupted because of injury or pathology of the nervous system, the muscle is paralyzed and cannot More… 0.2 KB |
