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Paranychia
A frequent misspelling of Paronychia
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- Cancer, ovary Cancer of the egg sac of females: the ovary. The anatomic location of the ovaries: NTER>Most ovarian growths…
- Memory, working Short-term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information…
- Syndrome, Brown An ophthalmology (eye) problem. Brown syndrome is an abnormality that is present at birth (congenitally) and…
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- Saliva A watery secretion in the mouth produced by the salivary glands that aids in the digestion of food. Saliva…