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Iliac
Pertaining to the ilium.
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Show more- Boerhaave's syndrome Spontaneous tearing and rupture of the esophagus. Typically, Boerhaave's syndrome requires an operation for…
- Pachymeninx The dura. From pachy- (thick) + -meninx (membrane). The plural is pachymeninges
- Disorder, specific developmental A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Tapeworm, armed Taenia solium
- Arch, vertebral See: Vertebral arch
- ADHD Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- Mandible The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal…
- Thumb The short thick finger situated at an angle to the other fingers so it can be opposed to the them, making it…
- Fatty acid One of many molecules that are long chains of lipid-carboxylic acid found in fats and oils and in cell…
- Variant angina Angina: Chest pain due to coronary artery spasm, a sudden constriction of a coronary artery (one of the…
- Fracture, torus A fracture in which one side of the bone bends, but does not actually break. Torus fractures normally heal on…
- Hereditary spastic paraplegia, autosomal dominant A degenerative disorder of nerves with progressive spasticity of the legs. Abbreviated as AD-HSP. Spasticity…