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Shinbone
The larger of the two bones in the lower leg (the smaller one being the fibula). The shinbone is anatomically known as the tibia. 'Tibia' is a Latin word meaning both shinbone and flute. It is thought that 'tibia' refers to both the bone…
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- Beef tapeworm Taenia saginata, the most common of the big tapeworms that parasitizes people, contracted from infected raw…
- Chorion The outermost of the two fetal membranes - the amnion is the innermost --. which together surround the…
- DNA sequence, finished A DNA sequence in which the bases are identified to an accuracy of no more than 1 error in 10,000 and are…
- Splenomegaly Enlargement of the spleen.
- Tube, Fallopian The two Fallopian tubes, one on each side, transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus (the womb). The…
- Genome Research Institute, National Human RI): One of the newest of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), NHGRI's mission in formal terms is to…
- Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor A member of the nuclear hormone receptor subfamily of transcription factors. Peroxisome…
- Trigger Something that either sets off a disease in people who are genetically predisposed to developing the disease…
- Fear of spiders An abnormal and persistent fear of spiders. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety even though they…
- LFCN Lateral femoral cutaneous nerve. See also: Meralgia paresthetica