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Blister, blood
A blister full of blood due to a pinch, bruise or repeated friction. A blister is medically termed a vesicle. One that is more than 5 mm in diameter with thin walls and is full of watery fluid is called a bulla or a bleb. The word…
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Show more- Gland, mammary One of the glands within the breast that secrete milk when prompted to do so by special hormones. Mammary…
- Granulocytopenia A marked decrease in the number of granulocytes. Granulocytes are a type of white blood cell filled with…
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Lay midwife A midwife who has entered the profession as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than attending a…
- Cord, spinal See: Spinal cord
- Migraine Migraine: Usually, periodic attacks of headaches on one or both sides of the head. These may be accompanied…
- Encopresis Encopresis: Inability to control the elimination of stool (fecal incontinence). Encopresis can have a variety…
- Hughlings Jackson See: Hughlings Jackson, John
- Pit, ear Tiny pit in front of the ear. Also preauricular pit. A minor anomaly of no great consequence in itself. More…
- Oculocutaneous albinism See: Albinism, oculocutaneous
- Nuchal translucency test A measurement of the size of the translucent space behind the neck of the fetus using ultrasound at between…
- Vaccine, German measles A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…