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Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty: Plastic surgery on the nose, known familiarly as a nose job. Rhinoplasty is a facial cosmetic procedure, usually performed to enhance the appearance of the nose. During rhinoplasty, the nasal cartilages and bones are modified…
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Show more- GYN Short for gynecology and gynecologist. A gynecologist is a doctor who specializes in treating diseases of the…
- Sclerosing cholangitis See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- G G stands for guanine, one member of the base pair G-C (guanine-cytosine) in the DNA. The other base pair in…
- Stirrup The stapes, one of the three bones in the middle ear. See: Stapes
- Malleability, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Foot-and-mouth disease A disease caused by a highly infectious virus that can infect people but affects them most by infecting…
- Gametic selection Preferential selection of gametes (germ cells -- sperm or eggs). Gametic selection is a mechanism of…
- Glycosylated hemoglobin Hemoglobin to which glucose is bound. Glycosylated hemoglobin is tested to monitor the long-term control of…
- Labium A lip. Labium is the singular of the Latin neuter noun meaning lip. The plural is labia. For more…
- Buruli ulcer A disorder caused by infection with a member of the family of bacteria that causes tuberculosis and leprosy…
- Nat'l Inst. of Child Health and Human Dev.(NICHD) Nt (NICHD): One of the US National Institutes of Health, NICHD is in a sense the NIH for kids in that it is…
- Prostate acid phosphatase (PAP) Prostatic acid phosphatase, an enzyme that is produced by the prostate (and other tissues) and that is…