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Node, Heberden
A small fixed bump on the finger, usually at the last joint of the finger, Heberden's node is a calcified spur of the joint (articular) cartilage and is a sign of osteoarthritis. Named for the English physician William Heberden (1710-1801)…
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- Immunotherapy Treatment to stimulate or restore the ability of the immune (defense) system to fight infection and disease…
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- Paramyxovirus One of a group of RNA viruses that are responsible predominantly for acute respiratory diseases and are…
- Walleyed 1. Having exotropia -- divergent strabismus -- in which the eyes turn outward away from the nose. The…
- Ed Lewis Estimated date of confinement, the estimated calendar date when the baby will be born.
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- Skittles Street name for dextromethorphan (DXM)
- Incubator In biotechnology. an apparatus in which environmental conditions can be set and controlled. Incubators are…
- Dysostosis, cleidocranial >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…
- Ad- Latin prefix meaning 'toward' and 'in the direction of,' as in adduction (movement of a limb toward the…