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Single palmar flexion crease
See: Simian crease
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- Extracolonic Outside the colon. An hereditary colon cancer syndrome may also predispose to extracolonic malignancies
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- Thrombosis The formation or presence of a blood clot in a blood vessel. The vessel may be any vein or artery as, for…
- Seizure, focal motor See: Focal motor seizure
- Dermal Pertaining to the skin. From the Greek word derma for skin
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- Hepatic duct, right See: Right hepatic duct
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