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Cavity, abdominal
The cavity within the abdomen, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. The abdominal cavity is hardly an empty space. It contains a number of crucial organs including the lower part of the esophagus, the stomach, small…
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- Trichotillomania Compulsive hair pulling. A disorder characterized by the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes…
- Heterozygous Possessing two different forms of a particular gene, one inherited from each parent. A person who is…
- Biceps The biceps is a muscle that has two heads or origins. In Latin, biceps means two-headed and is derived from…
- Casals-Ariet, Jordi (1911-2004) Spanish-born American physician and viral epidemiologist who discovered Lassa virus in 1969. Dr…
- Humoralism In medicine, humor refers to a fluid (or semifluid) substance. Thus, the aqueous humor is the fluid normally…
- Bartonella quintana Also called Rochalimaea quintana, this microorganism is an unusual rickettsia that can multiply within the…
- Flatfeet A condition of the feet in which the arch of the instep is flattened and the entire sole touches the ground…
- Noncompliance The failure or refusal to comply: the failure or refusal to conform and adapt one's actions to a rule or to…
- Myocyte A muscle cell. From myo-, muscle + -cyte, cell = muscle cell. 'Remaining young at heart is a desirable but…