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Midwife, lay
See: Lay midwife
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- Bursal Pertaining to a bursa
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- Dieldrix Trade name of the insecticide dieldrin. See: Aldrin and dieldrin
- Calculi The plural of calculus. (Calculi is the proper Latin plural. The alternate English plural is calculuses.
- Cavernous hemangioma A type of hemangioma composed of blood-filled 'lakes' and channels. It is typically raised and red or…
- Radiologic Having to do with radiology.
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