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Psychosomatic
Relating to both the mind and the body or to the mind-body interrelationships. From the Greek words psych(emacr) meaning the organ of thought and judgment + somatikos meaning the body
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- Sigmoid In human anatomy, the lower colon (the lower portion of the large bowel). 'Sigmoid' is short for 'sigmoid…
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- Genu The Latin word for the knee. When the knee is referred to in medicine, it is just called the knee. However…
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- Feet The plural of foot, both an anatomic structure and a unit of measure. As an anatomic structure, the foot is…
- Fluid, cerebrospinal (CSF) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…