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Spindle cell
A cell that is tapered at both ends
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- Will, living A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Supernumerary digit An extra finger or toe
- Suction-assisted lipectomy Another name for liposuction, the surgical removal of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most…
- Homologies Similarities in DNA or protein sequences between individuals or between species
- Dysostosis, cleidocranial >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- Rod A type of specialized light-sensitive cell (photoreceptor) in the retina of the eye that provides side vision…
- Thigh bone The thigh bone in anatomy is called the 'femur.' Whichever term you care to use -- thigh bone or femur, it is…
- JIP Juvenile intestinal polyposis. See: Juvenile polyposis
- FET1 See: ETM1
- Naegleria infection Naegleria infection: Infection from an ameba called Naegleria fowleri that is commonly found in the…