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Pollex
The thumb. Pollex is derived from the Latin pollere, to be strong, because in a contest of strength the thumb wins over the other fingers. Plural: pollices. The Romans used pollex for both the thumb and the big toe. In anatomy, the thumb…
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- Disease, Legg-Perthes See Legg-Calve-Perthes disease
- ABO blood group The major human blood group system. A person's ABO type depends upon the presence of absence of two genes…
- Syndrome, Cogan A form of arteritis (also referred to as vasculitis) that involves the ear. This condition is called Cogan…
- Oxygenation The addition of oxygen to any system, including the human body. Oxygenation may also refer to the process of…
- Taenia In medicine, taenia is a genus (group) of large tapeworms some of which are parasitic in humans. In anatomy…
- Bumps The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured blood vessels into the…
- Peptide A molecule consisting of 2 or more amino acids. Peptides are smaller than proteins, which are also chains of…
- Levocardia Reversal of all of the abdominal and thoracic organs (situs inversus) except the heart, which is still in its…
- Radiology The branch of medicine that uses ionizing and nonionizing radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of…
- Enema, barium See: Barium enema