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Show more- Arsenic >Breathing workplace air with sawdust or burning smoke from wood containing arsenic >Ingesting contaminated…
- Vein, hepatic One of the veins which drains blood from the liver
- Conservative mutation A change in a DNA or RNA sequence that leads to the replacement of one amino acid with a biochemically…
- Fontanel (fontanelle) The word fontanel comes from the French fontaine for fountain. The medical term fontanel is a 'soft spot' of…
- Papilloma A small solid benign tumor with a clear-cut border that projects above the surrounding tissue
- Sphenoid 1. Shaped like a wedge. 2. Relating to the sphenoid bone (which is wedge-shaped)
- Neoplasia The process of abnormal and uncontrolled growth of cells. The product of neoplasia is a neoplasm (a tumor)
- Progressive supranuclear palsy Progressive supranuclear palsy: A neurologic disorder of unknown origin that gradually destroys cells in many…
- Radiation 1. Rays of energy. Gamma rays and X-rays are two of the types of energy waves often used in medicine. 2. The…
- Acid, pantothenic Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- Syndrome, tarsal tunnel See Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Morton's metatarsalgia See: Morton's neuroma