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Kidney
One of a pair of organs located in the right and left side of the abdomen which clear 'poisons' from the blood, regulate acid concentration and maintain water balance in the body by excreting urine. The kidneys are part of the urinary…
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- Syndromatic hepatic ductular hypoplasia Also called Alagille syndrome or arteriohepatic dysplasia, this is a genetic disorder characterized by…
- Hyoglossus The muscle that permits the tongue to be held on the floor of the mouth
- Endostatin Endostatin is a piece (a fragment) of a protein, collagen 18, found in all blood vessels. This fragment is…
- Heterochromia Different colors
- Puncture wound An injury caused by a pointed object that pierces or penetrates the skin. Any puncture wound through tennis…
- Music therapy The use of music in therapy; the therapeutic use of music. There are many different definitions of music…
- Deafness Deafness: Deafness is defined by partial or complete hearing loss. Levels of hearing impairment vary from a…
- Law, Hardy-Weinberg Basic concept in population genetics discovered independently in 1908 by the great English mathematician…
- Cysticercus The larval form of any of the Taenia tapeworms. The plural is cysticerci. Infection with cysticerci is…
- Air bag A bag that fills with air, designed for frontal impact crashes, the kind of crashes which account for more…
- Straight-jacket See: Straitjacket