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- Taste bud One of the tiny, barrel-shaped endings of the gustatory nerve located around the base of the papillae (small…
- Red jungle fowl Gallus gallus, the ancestor of domestic chickens
- Septal defect, ventricular (VSD) A hole in the septum (the wall) between the lower chambers of the heart (the ventricles). Ventricular Septal…
- Liquor cerebrospinalis See: Cerebrospinal fluid
- EPA 1. The Environmental Protection Agency, a US government agency.2. Eicosapentaenoic acid, one of the principal…
- VWM Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children…
- Streptococcus, group A A well-known strain (type) of streptococcus (strep) bacteria that can cause strep throat and common skin…
- Leukoplakia Leukoplakia: A white spot or patch on the mucous membranes in the mouth (for instance, inside the cheeks, on…
- Cystic hernia See: Cystocele
- Acromegaly Condition due to the production of too much growth hormone by the pituitary gland after the end of…
- Subdeltoid Beneath the deltoid, the large muscle that stretches from the clavicle (collarbone) to the humerus (the long…