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Cockle
The ventricle of the heart. The origin of the word cockle in this sense is a matter of conjecture but in medieval Latin, the ventricle of the heart was called cochlea cordis and cochlea may have been corrupted to cockle. See also: Cockles…
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- Syndrome, Menkes See: Menkes syndrome
- Emetophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of vomiting. Sufferers of emetophobia experience undue anxiety even though…
- Disease, Kawasaki A syndrome of unknown origin, mainly affecting young children, causing fever, reddening of the eyes…
- Immunization, infectious hepatitis See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Marker A piece of DNA that lies on a chromosome so close to a gene that the marker and the gene are inherited…
- EOS The gene for familial eosinophilia. EOS has been mapped to chromosome region 5q31-33 containing the cytokine…
- Adenoidectomy Adenoidectomy: The surgical removal of the adenoids.
- APC APC has several very different meanings in medicine. See each of the following separate entries:1. APC…
- Pancolitis Ulcerative colitis that involves the entire colon (the large intestine). Ulcerative colitis itself is a…
- Sperm stem cell A cell that is incapable of fertilizing an egg cell but can give rise to cells that develop into sperm. Sperm…
- Midbrain aqueduct A canal that communicates between the third and fourth ventricles in a system of four communicating cavities…