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Cervical kyphosis, postmenopausal
An outward curvature (kyphosis) of the cervical vertebrae (the bones of the neck), creating a hump at the back of the neck. This condition, once thought to be a characteristic deformity of older women, was called a dowager's hump. A…
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- PNS (peripheral nervous system) That portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system…
- Infant water requirements Water is an important part of a baby's diet because water makes up a large proportion of the baby's body…
- Otic barotrauma Middle ear problems due to changing atmospheric pressures, as when a plane descends to land. The problems…
- Gene mapping The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…
- ERG Electroretinography
- Fatty acid One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell…
- Surfactant A fluid secreted by the cells of the alveoli (the tiny air sacs in the lungs) that serves to reduce the…
- Kussmaul breathing Air hunger.
- Moscati See: Moscati, St. Joseph
- Sacroiliac joint pain : See sacroiliac joint dysfunction.