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  • Ataxia

    (uh-TAK-see-uh)

    Loss of muscle coordination.

  • Ataxia-telangiectasia

    (uh-TAK-see-uh-teh-LAN-jee-ek-TAY-zhuh)

    A rare, inherited, progressive, degenerative disease of childhood that causes loss of muscle control, a weakened immune system, and an increased risk of cancer.

  • Attending Physician

    (uh-TEN-ding fih-ZIH-shun)

    A medical doctor who is responsible for the overall care of a patient in a hospital or clinic setting. An attending physician may also supervise and teach medical students, interns, and residents involved in the patient’s care.

  • Attenuated

    (uh-TEN-yoo-way-ted)

    Weakened or thinned. Attenuated strains of disease-causing bacteria and viruses are often used as vaccines. The weakened strains are used as vaccines because they stimulate a protective immune response while causing no disease or only mild disease in the person receiving the vaccine.

  • Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

    (RAB-doyd TOO-mer)

    An aggressive cancer of the central nervous system, kidney, or liver that occurs in very young children. Also called AT/RT and ATT/RHT.

  • Audiogram

    A diagnostic test that is done to evaluate your hearing.

  • Auditory

    (AW-duh-TOR-ee)

    Having to do with the ear and the sense of hearing.

  • Auto syringe

    A portable pump to administer medications subcutaneously or intravenously over several days. This allows you to be ambulatory.

  • Autoimmune disease

    (AW-toh-ih-MYOON dih-ZEEZ)

    A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.

  • Autoimmune diseases

    A condition in which the body recognizes its own tissues as foreign and directs an immune response against them.