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What is a condition that is characterized as long narrow trunk short limbs and a large head?
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Dwarfism is a condition characterized by a long, narrow trunk, short limbs, and a large head. Dwarfism can result from approximately 200 different medical conditions.
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Is a condition that is characterized as long narrow trunk short limbs and a large head?
Dwarfism is a condition characterized by a long, narrow trunk, short limbs, and a large head. Dwarfism can result from approximately 200 different medical conditions.
What characterizes filariasis?
Filariasis is characterized by fever, chills, headache, and skin lesions in the early stages and, if untreated, can progress to include gross enlargement of the limbs and genitalia in a condition called elephantiasis.
What is achondrogenesis?
Achondrogenesis is a congenital defect characterized by a short body, short limbs, and skeletal abnormalities.
Which medical condition is especially common on the limbs and beard area of men?
Folliculitis
What medical condition is especially common on the limbs and beard area of men?
folliculitis
Short stature is a condition resulting from the failure of the bones of the limbs to grow to an appropriate length?
Yes. This condition was formerly know as dwarfism.
Is there a condition in which one loses physical control of limbs and feels faint?
Temporary peralysis
What is achondroplasia?
Achondroplasia is characterized by abnormal bone growth that results in short stature with disproportionately short arms and legs, a large head, and characteristic facial features with frontal bossing and mid-face hypoplasia.
What are symptoms of varicella syndrome?
Varicella syndrome in a newborn is characterized by abnormally small limbs and head; scarring of the skin; eye defects; and, mental retardation.
What is the condition of elephantiasis a form of?
People suffering from elephantiasis retain fluid in the limbs and they become grotesquely swollen. The cause of the disease is parasitic worms that inhabit the lymphatic system and prevent proper circulation.
What is a cetacian?
Any of various aquatic, chiefly marine mammals of the order Cetacean, including the whales, dolphins, and porpoises, characterized by a nearly hairless body, anterior limbs modified into broad flippers, vestigial posterior limbs, and a flat notched tail.
Why can frogs jump so far?
Due to large powerful hind limbs .
