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See: Calcaneus
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Show more- Meadow syndrome After Dr. Roy Meadow, the pediatrician who coined the term Munchhausen syndrome by proxy
- Cataract, supranuclear A cataract just above the center (the nucleus) of the lens. See: Cataract
- John La Montagne See: La Montagne, John
- Hypocol One of the three major preparations of red yeast rice, a tradition Chinese medicine now used to lower…
- Venule A little vein. Venules go from capillaries to veins, vessels that carry blood low in oxygen content from the…
- Trachelectomy Surgical removal of the cervix, the lower portion of the uterus that protrudes into the vagina. Trachelectomy…
- Maneuver, Heimlich An emergency treatment for obstruction of the airway in adults. It may be needed when someone chokes on a…
- Pyloric stenosis Narrowing (stenosis) of the outlet of the stomach so that food cannot pass easily from it into the duodenum…
- Listeriosis An important public health problem in N America involving infection caused by eating food contaminated with…
- Salk Institute The Salk Institute for Biological Studies , a prominent independent non-profit institution doing basic…
- Disease, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker See: Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome
- Trichinosis Trichinosis: See: Trichinellosis.