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Ligament, medial collateral knee
The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint (collateral ligaments) as well as crossing within the joint (cruciate ligaments). These ligaments provide stability and strength…
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Show more- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy
- Tamponade, esophagogastric A procedure in which a balloon is inflated within the esophagus or stomach to apply pressure on bleeding…
- Lacuna A small pit, cavity, defect or gap
- Disease, Vrolik's Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the…
- Infection, group B strep Group B strep: Group B strep are a major cause of infections involving the pregnant woman and her newborn…
- Therapeutic Relating to therapeutics, that part of medicine concerned specifically with the treatment of disease. The…
- Normal tension glaucoma See: Glaucoma, normal tension
- Chondrodystrophic myotonia See: Schwartz-Jampel syndrome
- Shock, toxic See Syndrome, toxic shock.
- Cyclooxygenase-2 See: Cox-2
- Allergic rhinitis, seasonal Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) which occurs during a specific season
- Itis Suffix meaning inflammation. For example, colitis is literally colon inflammation or figuratively…