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Arm
1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical definition refers to the upper extremity extending from the shoulder only to the elbow, excluding the forearm, which extends from the elbow…
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- Metatarsus The part of the foot that lies just beyond the tarsus, between the tarsus and the toes. The skeleton of the…
- Surgeon General In the United States, the chief medical officer of the U.S. Public Health Service (USPS), the agency…
- Storm supplies kit The onshore rush of sea or lake water caused primarily by the high winds that are associated with a…
- Absorption Uptake. In the biomedical sciences, absorption has diverse specific meanings. In the body, absorption is the…
- Dysmorphology Dysmorphology is a term coined by Dr. David W. Smith in the 1960's to describe the study of human congenital…
- Fibroids Fibroids are common, benign tumors of smooth muscle in the uterus (womb). Uterine fibroids are the most…
- Bow-legs A condition in which the legs curve out to leave a gap between the knees after the period of infancy has…
- Death 1. The end of life. The cessation of life. (These common definitions of death ultimately depend upon the…
- Spastic pseudoparalysis Better known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing disease of the brain. CJD is believed to be due…
- Stickler-Wagner syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- Syndrome, yeast The yeast Candida has been thought to cause a syndrome with a number of nonspecific problems including…