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- Post-term Overly mature, overly developed, especially as regards a baby that has not been born until well after the…
- Optic nerve The optic nerve connects the eye to the brain. The optic nerve carries the impulses formed by the retina, the…
- Adenoid cystic carcinoma A type of cancer that most often develops in the salivary glands of the head and neck. It may arise in other…
- Human genome All of the DNA that a person possesses. The human genome is made up of all of the DNA in our chromosomes as…
- Approved drug A medication approved for marketing. In the US, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must approve a…
- Mycobacterium chelonae A type of bacteria related to that which causes tuberculosis and which is commonly found in soil and…
- Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia Slowly progressive paralysis of certain eye muscles. Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia is…
- Infraspinatus muscle >The infraspinatus muscle; >The teres minor muscle, which (like the infraspinatus muscle) helps in the…
- Syndrome, von Hippel-Lindau See Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome
- Anaprox See: Naproxen
- Ductus arteriosus A key arterial shunt (ductus) in fetal life. Before birth, blood pumped from the heart through the pulmonary…