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Curare
A muscle relaxant used in anesthesia (and, in the past, in arrow poisons by South American Indians). Curare competes with acetylcholine, a chemical that carries information between nerve and muscle cells, and blocks transmission of the…
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- CNS (central nervous system) That part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS)…
- Pectoralis muscle absence with syndactyly A unique pattern of one-sided malformations characterized by a defect of the chest (pectoralis) muscle on one…
- Dermatologic Having to do with the skin
- Paraplegic Pertaining to paraplegia (paralysis of the lower part of the body including the legs)
- Rate, neonatal mortality The number of children dying under 28 days of age divided by the number of live births that year. The…
- Inguinal canal A passage in the lower anterior abdominal wall which in the male allows passage of the spermatic cord and in…
- Pancreas A fish-shaped spongy grayish-pink organ about 6 inches (15 cm) long that stretches across the back of the…
- Labile diabetes A type of diabetes when a person's blood glucose (sugar) level often swings quickly from high to low and from…
- Samaritan See Good Samaritan
- Ankylose To undergo ankylosis (stiffening or fusion of a joint)
- HNPCC Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer