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Shoulder
A structure made up of two main bones: the scapula (shoulder blade) and the humerus (the long bone of the upper arm). The end of the scapula, called the glenoid, is a socket into which the head of the humerus fits, forming a flexible…
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- FEMA A name well known to people in the US who have experienced a major natural or made-man disaster. FEMA stands…
- Knuckle The dorsal aspect of the flexed metacarpophalangeal joint. Knuckle may be shorter and simpler to say.
- Rib, fluctuating One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be 'fluctuating' if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Alpha thalassemia Alpha thalassemia: A blood disorder, thalassemia is not one disease but rather a group of disorders that have…
- Labile Labile: Unstable, unsteady, not fixed. In psychology or psychiatry, labile denotes free and uncontrolled…
- Hyper-IgD syndrome A genetic disorder characterized by recurring attacks of chills and fever that usually start before the first…
- Relapsing fever An acute infection with recurrent episodes of fever caused by spirochetes of the genus Borrelia which are…
- Infantile vitamin B1 deficiency See: Infantile beriberi
- Feverfew An herb that has been most commonly used for migraine headaches. Feverfew can cause allergic reactions…
- Ear, malrotated See Ear, slanted
- Kneecap The medical name for the kneecap is the patella. Whichever name -- kneecap or patella -- you prefer, it is…