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Slipped spine
See: Spondylolisthesis
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- Tennis elbow A painful injury to the tendon that is attached to the outer part of the elbow due to repetitive twisting of…
- Feet The plural of foot, both an anatomic structure and a unit of measure. As an anatomic structure, the foot is…
- Dyspnoea Difficult or labored breathing; shortness of breath. Dyspnoea is a sign of serious disease of the airway…
- Caudad An anatomic term meaning 1. Pertaining to the tail or the hind part. 2. Situated in or directed toward the…
- CHD Congenital heart disease, a malformation of the heart or the large blood vessels near the heart. The term…
- Koplik's spots Little spots inside the mouth that are highly characteristic of the early phase of measles (rubeola). The…
- Hereford genome See: Bovine genome
- Endothelial Relating to the endothelium, the layer of flat cells lining the closed spaces of the body such as the inside…
- Bone, thigh The thigh bone in anatomy is called the 'femur.' Whichever term -- thigh bone or femur -- you care to use, it…