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Renal aneurysm
An aneurysm involving the kidney
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Show more- Labia, oral The lips around the mouth. See lip.
- Random number table A table of numbers generated in an unpredictable, haphazard sequence. Tables of random numbers are used to…
- Small eye Also called microphthalmia, an abnormally small eye, a congenital malformation (birth defect) of the globe…
- Nerve palsy, laryngeal Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Stat See: STAT
- Dextroposition of the heart The heart is displaced to the right (from its usual location in the left chest). There is no anatomic…
- Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity An immune response in which antibody, by coating target cells, makes them vulnerable to attack by immune…
- Diathesis In medicine, a 'diathesis' is an elegant term for a predisposition or tendency. Thus, a hemorrhagic diathesis…
- Exogenous DNA DNA originating outside an organism
- Cancer, rectal See: Rectal cancer
- Longevity Lifespan. (With increasing longevity, women will soon be postmenopausal for one third of their lives)
- Single transverse palmar line Simian crease