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Shotty
Resembling shot or pellets of lead, shotgun pellets and, hence, hard and round. The term 'shotty' was in use in the 19th century. It is now generally obsolete but it is still in medicinal usage. Shotty is very commonly used in describing…
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Show more- Plague bacterium genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…
- Enterobiasis Any hernia containing small intestine. 2. Hernia (protrusion) of the small intestine into the upper wall of…
- Cauliflower-ear deformity Cauliflower-ear deformity: Destruction of the underlying cartilage framework of the outer ear (pinnae)…
- Lycanthropy The delusion that one has become a wolf or the werewolf transformation. Werewolf myths were associated with…
- Arrector pili A microscopic band of muscle tissue which connects a hair follicle to the dermis. When stimulated, the…
- Allopathic Pertaining to allopathy (conventional medicine). The term was coined in 1842 by C.F.S. Hahnemann to designate…
- Monoarticular Involving just one joint. As opposed to polyarticular (affecting many joints). From the Latin 'articulus,'…
- Underventilation See: Hypoventilation
- Digit A finger or toe
- Post Short for postmortem examination (an autopsy)
- Fracture, compound A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. NTER> A fracture is…
- Streptococcus haemolyticus Another name for streptococcus pyogenes