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Thyroid cartilage
The largest of the cartilages of the larynx (the voice box). The thyroid cartilage is formed of two approximately quadrilateral plates (called laminae) that are joined anteriorly (in the front) at an angle of from 90° to 120° to create a…
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- Intraductal carcinoma Also called ductal carcinoma in situ. See: DCIS
- Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty A type of operation designed to tighten up flabby tissues and enlarge the upper air passages. The operation…
- Cardiac myocyte A heart muscle cell. Sometimes called a myocyte when it is understood that it is in the heart. See also…
- Familial Parkinson disease type 11 A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome…
- Cow genome See: Bovine genome
- Necrobiosis lipoidica See: Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
- Prostate cancer gene BRCA2 A gene that normally acts to restrain the growth of cells but which, when mutated, is responsible for a…
- Malleability, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Nephro- Prefix referring to the kidney as, for example, in nephrotoxic. From the Greek nephros meaning kidney
- Hypoosmolarity In biochemistry, an abnormal decrease in the osmolarity of the body fluids
- Pandemic An epidemic (a sudden outbreak) that becomes very widespread and affects a whole region, a continent, or the…