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Carotid artery
A key artery located in the front of the neck though which blood from the heart goes to the brain. There are 2 carotid arteries -- the right and left common carotid arteries -- on each side of the neck. Together, the right and left common…
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- Bee sting Stings from bees and other large stinging insects such as yellow jackets, hornets and wasps can trigger…
- Typhoid See: Typhoid fever
- Consultant An individual to whom one refers for expert advice or services. The use of consultants is common in medicine…
- ZIFT Stands for zygote intrafallopian transfer, a method used to treat infertility in which an egg fertilized in…
- Oophoritis Inflammation of the ovary or egg sac.
- Cysticercosis An infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. Infection occurs when the tapeworm larvae enter the…
- Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur (1859-1930) British physician, better known as the writer who created Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson…
- Cytogenetics, clinical The application of cytogenetics to clinical medicine. For example, clinical cytogenetic studies might be done…
- Great pox Syphilis. An old name to distinguish it from the smallpox
- Phe Phenylalanine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Single palmar flexion line Simian crease