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Amygdaloid body
See: Amygdaloid nucleus
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- Amoxil See: Amoxicillin
- Strait 1. (adjective) Narrow or confined. As in straitjacket. 2. (noun) A narrow passageway. As in the pelvic strait.
- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- Gastric MALT lymphoma A low-grade malignant lymphoma of the stomach associated with chronic infection by the bacterium H. pylori…
- Sand-blind Partly blind, semi-blind, half-blind. From the Old English samblind from sam- meaning semi- + blind. In the…
- Vertebrae, thoracic The 12 thoracic vertebrae are situated between the cervical (neck) vertebrae and the lumbar vertebrae. The…
- Co-payment A payment made by an individual who has health insurance, usually at the time a service is received, to…
- Macrogenitosomia Condition in which the external sex organs are prematurely enlarged or abnormally enlarged. In males, it is…
- Nutritional neuroscience The field of nutrition that relates to the central and peripheral nervous system. Nutritional neuroscience…
- Gray syndrome See: Gray baby syndrome
- Telemedicine The use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications for the…