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Colon polyp
A fleshy growth on the inside (the lining) of the colon (the large intestine). Colon polyps are extremely common. Their incidence increases as individuals get older. Half of all people over the age of 60 harbor at least one polyp. Polyps…
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- Thanatophobia An abnormal and excessive fear of death
- Tracheostomy Tracheostomy: A surgical operation to create an opening (stoma) into the windpipe (the trachea). The opening…
- Tenosynovitis, De Quervain's 1) The pressure within a vessel, such as blood pressure: the pressure within the blood vessels. For example…
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor A member of the nuclear hormone receptor subfamily of transcription factors. Peroxisome…
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- Kiddie cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed so that parents can…
- PKU See Maternal phenylketonuria.
- Heterochromatin, constitutive Heterochromatin that is fixed and irreversible. Regions of constitutive heterochromatin are located at very…
- Frasier syndrome A condition characterized by the presence of an XY sex chromosome constitution and undermasculinized external…