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Gustatory sweating
Sweating on the forehead, face, scalp, and neck occurring soon after ingesting food. Some gustatory sweating is normal after eating hot, spicy foods. Otherwise, gustatory sweating is most commonly a result of damage to a nerve that goes to…
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Show more- Cervical vertebrae The cervical (neck) vertebrae are the upper 7 vertebrae in the spinal column (the vertebral column). They are…
- Ectrodactyly >transverse terminal aphalangia (absence of the last bone in the finger or toe), >adactylia (total absence of…
- Osteogenesis imperfecta type 1 An inherited connective tissue disorder featuring bone fragility and blue sclerae (blue whites of the eyes)…
- Breadbasket A popular term for the stomach in both senses: 1. The digestive organ, as to hear the breadbasket rumble with…
- Movement, saccadic See: Saccade
- Polyhydramnios Too much amniotic fluid.
- Valine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, valine is required…
- Protein requirements, infant Proteins contain different amino acids that are linked together. Proteins provide both calories and the amino…
- Sebaceous cyst A sebaceous cyst is a rounded swollen area of the skin formed by an abnormal sac of retained excretion…
- Preclinical study A study to test a drug, procedure or other medical treatment in animals. The aim is to collect data in…
- Aplasia Failure to develop. If something develops and then wastes away, that is atrophy.
- Biopsy, endometrial See: Endometrial biopsy