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Feet
The plural of foot, both an anatomic structure and a unit of measure. As an anatomic structure, the foot is the end of the leg on which a person normally stands and walks. The foot is a particularly complex structure made up of dozens of…
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- Masklike face An expressionless face with little or no sense of animation, a face more like a mask than a real face. A…
- Lactation The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the…
- CCD (Central core disease of muscle) One of the conditions that produces 'floppy baby' syndrome. CCD causes hypotonia (floppiness) in the newborn…
- Conjunctival melanoma See: Melanoma, conjunctival.
- Gene duplication An extra copy of a gene. Gene duplication is a key mechanism in evolution. Once a gene is duplicated, the…
- Simian crease A single transverse palmar crease, a minor variation associated with Down syndrome (trisomy 21). Also called…
- Underwater weighing A method for determining the lean body mass. This method weighs a person underwater and then calculates the…
- Prokaryotic Pertaining to prokaryotes
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia Low blood platelet count as a result of the medication heparin. Heparin is used to treat and prevent abnormal…
- Munchhausen syndrome Syndrome: Recurrent feigning of catastrophic illnesses. Munchhausen syndrome is a psychological disorder that…