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Extracranial hematoma
A hematoma (a collection of blood) outside the cranium (skull)
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- Rubella vaccine A vaccine designed to prevent rubella, or German measles. German measles was once seen merely as a child's…
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- Symphysis pubis The area in the front of the pelvis where the pubic bones (the two bones of the pubis) meet
- Fistulize To form or make a fistula, an abnormal passageway. As, for example, fistulizing Crohn's disease
- Agenesis Lack of development of something. For example, agenesis of a toe means that toe failed to form.
- SI joint pain See sacroiliac joint dysfunction