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Diseases, Musculoskeletal, Nat'l Inst
Al Institute of Arthritis and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat cumbersome name indicates, NIAMS's mission is a broad and important one, namely to 'conduct and support a broad spectrum of…
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Show more- Pulmonary syndrome, Hantavirus Exercises and treatments designed to help patients maintain and recover lung function, such as with cystic…
- Fear of age An abnormal and persistent fear of growing old is termed gerascophobia. Sufferers of gerascophobia feel undue…
- Numbness (Numb) Coin-shaped patches of irritated skin-most common on the arms, back, buttocks, and lower legs that may be…
- Seizure, tonic-clonic See: Tonic-clonic seizure
- Wharton's jelly A gelatinous substance within the umbilical cord. Wharton's jelly is a rich source of stem cells. Named for…
- Axis The axis is the second cervical vertebra (symbol: C2). It is called the 'axis' because the uppermost cervical…
- Necrosis, coagulation Tissue death due to clots in the bloodstream, which block the flow of blood to the affected area
- Resting phase More appropriately called interphase. The interval in the cell cycle between two cell divisions when the…
- Cytometry, flow Analysis of biological material by detection of the light-absorbing or fluorescing properties of cells or…
- Vision, peripheral See: Peripheral vision
- Dysmorphic feature A body characteristic that is abnormally formed. A malformed ear, for example, is a dysmorphic feature…
- Orbital Relating to the orbit, in anatomy the bony cavity that contains the eyeball