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- Plexus, brachial See: Brachial plexus
- Cell lineage A genealogic pedigree of cells related through mitotic division
- Inguinal Having to do with the groin.
- Morton neuroma See Morton's neuroma
- Brainstem The lowest part of the brain which merges with the spinal cord and provides the major route by which the…
- Blastoma A tumor thought to arise in embryonic tissue. The term 'blastoma' is commonly used as part of the name for a…
- Effect, founder A population group with an unusual frequency of a gene due to there having been only a small number of…
- Hydrocephalus, congenital Hydrocephalus present at birth
- Sartorius muscle The long band of muscle that stretches from the calf to the pelvis. It moves the thigh and, by extension, the…
- Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome Abbreviated WHS. A chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short (p) arm of chromosome 4. It is…
- Thalassemia, beta Also known as thalassemia major .The clinical picture of this important type of anemia was first described in…