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Glioma
A brain tumor that begin in a glial, or supportive, cell, in the brain or spinal cord. Malignant gliomas are the most common primary tumors of the central nervous system (the brain and spinal cord). They are often resistant to treatment…
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Show more- Transsexualism A consistently strong desire to change one's anatomical gender. Some transsexuals were misassigned gender at…
- Melanoma, lentigo maligna One of the four clinical types of malignant melanoma and the slowest growing one. It typically begins as a…
- Atresia, anal Congenital absence of an opening at the bottom end of the intestinal tract. Also called imperforate anus…
- Systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid arthritis See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid
- Tube, ear A small plastic tube inserted into the eardrum to keep the middle ear aerated for a prolonged period of time…
- Hypermnesia Abnormally strong memory of the past. As compared to hypomnesia and amnesia. From hyper- + the Greek mneme…
- Ibuprofen Ibuprofen: A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) commonly used to treat pain, swelling, and fever…
- Pronucleus A cell nucleus with a haploid set of chromosomes (23 chromosomes in humans) resulting from meiosis (germ-cell…
- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Occiput The back of the head. A direct borrowing of the Latin word for the part of the head opposite the front
- Knee replacement, total A surgical procedure in which damaged parts of the knee joint are replaced with artifical parts. The surgery…
- Cortex The outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortex; the outer…