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- Cellulitis Cellulitis: An acute spreading bacterial infection below the surface of the skin characterized by redness…
- Tube, Eustachian The tube that runs from the middle ear to the pharynx. The function of the Eustachian tube is to protect…
- Nucleotide >A nitrogenous base (A, G, T, or C in DNA; A, G, U, or C in RNA), >A phosphate molecule, and >A sugar…
- Caecal Pertaining to the caecum (also spelled cecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower…
- Control (research) In research, control subjects or control procedures permit comparison with experimental results. The first…
- Diabetic macular edema Edema: Swelling of the retina in diabetes mellitus due to leaking of fluid from blood vessels within the…
- Small saphenous vein The smaller of the two saphenous veins, the principal veins that run up the leg superficially (near the…
- Adrenal failure A condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the adrenal hormones that control important…
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