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Ventricle, third
>Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres, one in each hemisphere. Each lateral ventricle consists of a triangular central body and four horns. The lateral ventricles communicate with the third ventricle…
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- Obesity-related disease Any disease for which obesity is a significant risk factor. Obesity increases the risk of developing a very…
- Occupational disease A disease due to a factor in a person's occupation. For example, lung disease in miners. Occupational…
- Sense of smell See Olfaction
- Agenesis of the corpus callosum A congenital abnormality (a birth defect) in which there is partial or complete absence (agenesis) of the…
- Dysentery Inflammation of the intestine, often with pain, diarrhea, bloody stools, etc. It is usually caused by…
- Testicular feminization syndrome Now more appropriately called the complete androgen insensitivity syndrome, this is a genetic disorder that…
- Myocyte, cardiac See: Cardiac myocyte
- Syndrome, Proteus A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Tranquilizer In pharmacology, a drug that calms and relieves anxiety. The first tranquilizer, chlordiazepoxide…
- Cloning, cell The process of producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
- Kidney stone Kidney stone: A stone in the kidney (or lower down in the urinary tract). Kidney stones are a common cause of…