| lethal m. |
a mutation that destroys a gene's ability to produce an active form of an indispensable protein or that destroys an organism's ability to reproduce and transmit the mutation to subsequent generations; see also conditional lethal m.
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| lethal midline g. |
a progressive, localized, destructive process occurring chiefly in males, predominantly involving the nose, paranasal sinuses, and palate, with erosion through contiguous structures such as the orbit and face and destruction of soft tissue, bone, and cartilage, and associated with nonspecific acute and chronic inflammation and necrosis with or without granuloma formation. Called also midline g.
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| lethal multiple pterygium s. |
a lethal autosomal recessive disorder characterized by multiple pterygia, lung hypoplasia, flexion contractures of the limbs, characteristic facies, and other abnormalities.
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| lethality r. |
case fatality r.
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| lethargic e. |
a form of epidemic encephalitis, the original type described by von Economo, characterized by increasing languor, apathy, and drowsiness, passing into lethargy; observed in various parts of the world between 1915 and 1926. Called also e. A, Economo's e. or disease, Vienna e., and von Economo's e. or disease.
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