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Thigh
The thigh extends from the hip to the knee. The thigh has only one bone, the femur which is the largest bone in the human body. The thigh is the thick part of the leg. This is reflected in the word 'thigh' which comes from the…
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Show more- CM (coccidioidomycosis) A disease due to a fungus called Coccidioides immitis. About 40% of people infected with this fungus develop…
- Sacroiliac joint dysfunction (SI Joint Pain) : Pain arising from abnormalities or
- Hereditary progressive arthro-ophthalmopathy See: Stickler syndrome
- Food security When people do not need to live with hunger or fear starvation
- Syndrome, Osler-Rendu-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- C. welchii Clostridium welchii
- Mucolipidosis I A type of mucolipidosis (see below) characterized by deficiency of the enzyme neuraminidase (sialidase)…
- Oxygenate To add oxygen to any chemical or physical system, including the human body. Oxygenate can also refer to the…
- Fasciculation Involuntary contractions or twitchings of groups of muscle fibers. Fasciculations can occur in normal…
- Autologous In blood transfusion and transplantation, a situation in which the donor and recipient are the same person…
- Disc, slipped Rupturing of the tissue that separates the vertebral bones of the spinal column. The center of the disc…
- Therapy, psychodynamic See: Psychodynamic therapy