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Dermatofibroma
A common type of benign skin tumor that is small, slow-growing, typically firm, red-to-brown and most often on the legs. Also called a fibrous histiocytoma. They can grow up to about 1 cm (less than a half inch) in diameter. A…
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Show more- Dendrite A short arm-like protuberance from a nerve cell (a neuron). Dendrites from neurons next to one another are…
- Gorlin syndrome Name sometimes used for the LEOPARD syndrome which Dr. Robert J. Gorlin and colleagues recognized and…
- Immunocompetence The ability to produce a normal immune response
- Chloroprene A possible carcinogen (cancer-causing agent) primarily used in the production of the elastomer…
- Hemorrhagic cyst This type of functional cyst occurs when bleeding occurs within a cyst. Symptoms such as abdominal pain on…
- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Retic Short for reticulocyte
- Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan See: Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur
- Maxilla The maxilla is the major bone of the upper jaw
- Zinc finger protein 9 See: ZNF9
- Pale globe Also called the globus pallidus, this is a pale-appearing spherical area in the brain. Globus is a Latin word…
- Herbicide A chemical pesticide designed to control or destroy plants, weeds, or grasses. Herbicides tend to have…