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Artificial knee
A replacement for the human knee. An artificial knee typically has a metal shell on the end of the thigh bone (the femur), a metal and plastic trough on the shin bone (the tibia), and sometimes a plastic button in the kneecap (the…
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- Alpha synuclein See: Alpha-synuclein
- Boomeritis Injuries to older amateur athletes, especially those who are part of the Baby Boom, born when there was a…
- Epithelial basement corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows grayish fingerprint lines…
- Smallpox vaccination of fetus See Congenital vaccinia
- Arachnoiditis Arachnoiditis: Inflammation of the middle layer of membranes covering the brain and spinal cord…
- Oral moniliasis Yeast infection of the mouth and throat caused by a fungus formerly called Monilia, now known as Candida…
- Hormone, growth A hormone made in the pituitary gland that stimulates the release of another hormone called somatomedin by…
- Hemophilia heterozygote See: Hemophilia carrier
- Hypertrophic gastritis See: Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Test, radionucleide stress Stress: This procedure involves injecting a radioactive isotope (typically thallium or cardiolyte) into the…
- Pericardium The conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The…