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Interventricular foramen
An opening between the lateral and third ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of the spinal cord. The four ventricles consist of the two lateral ventricles, the…
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Show more- Incompetent cervix A cervix that is abnormally liable to dilate and so is not competent to keep the fetus up in the uterus and…
- Acu- A combining form indicating a relationship to a needle. As in acupuncture. From the Latin acus meaning needle
- Reservoir of infection Any person, animal, plant, soil or substance in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies. The…
- Lean body mass The mass of the body minus the fat (storage lipid). There are a number of methods for determining the lean…
- Sarcoma, synovial See Synovial sarcoma
- Egg Ovum (plural: ova).
- Ambidextrous 1. Able to use both the right and left hands with equal dexterity. Neither right- nor left-handed.2. By…
- Familial lung cancer Lung cancer that recurs in families. Lung cancer can occur sporadically in people with no known family…
- Kashin-Bek disease See: Kashin-Beck disease
- Recombination The trading of fragments of genetic material between chromosomes before the egg and sperm cells are created…
- Ulcerative proctitis Ulcerative colitis that is limited to the rectum. Ulcerative colitis itself is a relatively common disease…
- Spot, histo See: Histo spot