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Show more- Vertebral compression fracture One of the last two ribs. A rib is said to be "vertebral" if it does not attach to the sternum (the breast…
- Attention getting Attention getting is not a simple automatic act. It requires complex active thought processing. The types of…
- Congenital brevicollis See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Leucine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A dietary essential amino acid, leucine is needed…
- Pin1 An enzyme that permits brain cells to function normally. Pin1 may also protect against Alzheimer's disease…
- Major depression A disease with certain characteristic signs and symptoms that interferes with the ability to work, sleep…
- Carbon dioxide content A measure of the bicarbonate level in the blood. The normal carbon dioxide content may vary somewhat from one…
- Viral Of or pertaining to a virus. For example, 'My daughter has a viral rash.
- Obtunded Mentally dulled. A person may be obtunded due to head trauma. To obtund is to dull or blunt. From the Latin…
- Minor anomaly An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor…
- Membrane A very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface.
- Q fever A vaccine against Q fever, an illness first recognized in Australia in the 1930's that affects people dealing…