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Physiology
>Some physiological studies are concerned with processes that go on within cells such as phagocytosis, the process by which cells engulf and usually digest particles, bacteria and other microorganisms, and even harmful cells. The…
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- Larynx The larynx is the portion of the breathing, or respiratory, tract containing the vocal cords which produce…
- Dupuytren contracture 1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the condition…
- Telesurgery Surgical procedures carried out at a distance thanks to advances in robotic and computer technology and their…
- Pesthouse A hospital where people suffering from infectious disease were once confined and sometimes treated. 'I…
- Cancer, malignant melanoma A skin cancer that begins in cells called melanocytes that can grow together to form benign (not cancerous)…
- Physics, health The science of human health and radiation exposure. Health physics, also called medical physics, is devoted…
- Epidemic The occurrence of more cases of a disease than would be expected in a community or region during a given time…
- Three day fever See: Sandfly fever
- Dominant, autosomal See: Fredrickson, Donald.
- Cancer, multiple myeloma A bone marrow cancer involving a type of white blood cell called a plasma (or myeloma) cell. The tumor cells…
- Junk DNA Noncoding regions of DNA that have no apparent function. The term 'junk DNA' is a disparaging one, expressing…