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Artery, femoral
See: Femoral artery
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- Monaural Relating to one ear. Hearing aids may be monaural (for one ear) or binaural (for both ears). From monos…
- Flood See: 1. Flood readiness; 2. Flood supplies kit; 3. Flood warning; 4. Flood aftermath
- Femoral vein The largest vein in the groin. The femoral vein is a continuation of the popliteal vein. It passes, together…
- Dysplasia, bronchopulmonary See: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia
- Fear of new things An irrational fear of anything new, of innovation, of new situations, places, or things. Also called…
- Syndrome, Coffin-Lowry An X-linked form of mental retardation in which the affected males have short stature and characteristic…
- Angiitis See: Vasculitis
- Yersinia pestis genome See: Plague bacterium genome
- Fundus, retinal The interior lining of the eyeball, including the retina (the light-sensitive screen), optic disc (the head…