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Adduction
Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle pulls toward the midline of the body. For example, the adductor muscles of the legs pull the legs toward the midline of the body…
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- Warts, plantar Warts that grow on the soles of the feet. Plantar warts are different from most other warts. They tend to be…
- Radial >Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. The radial artery is so named because of its…
- Lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…
- Shin spot A light brown or reddish oval or round scaly patch on the skin of the shin. Shin spots can be due to…
- Pancolitis Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a…
- Pericentric chromosome inversion A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that includes the centromere (and so is…
- Glaucoma detection You may know of the 'air puff' test or other tests used to measure eye pressure in an eye examination. But…
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma Increased pressure in the front chamber (anterior chamber) of the eye due to sudden (acute) blockage of the…
- Melanosis coli Melanosis coli (Pseudomelanosis coli): A benign, reversible condition usually, but not always, associated…
- Immunoglobulin A A major class of immunoglobulins found in serum and external body secretions such as saliva, tears, and sweat…