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Bone, breast
Breast: Familiar name for what is medically termed the sternum, the long flat bone in the middle of the front of the chest. The sternum articulates (comes together) with the cartilages of the first seven ribs and with the clavicle (collar…
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- Glu Glutamic acid. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Certified midwife A midwife who has been certified by her state or national agency for credentialing midwives
- APS (autoimmune polyglandular syndrome) A genetic autoimmune disease with an extraordinary array of clinical features but characterized most often by…
- Exstrophy Eversion of a hollow organ at birth. An exstrophic bladder is one that is turned inside out like a rubber…
- Lilliputian hallucination An hallucination in which things, people, or animals seem smaller than they would be in real life…
- Propositus A male through whom a family medically comes to light (is first ascertained). Also called the proband or…
- Swimmer's ear Swimmer's ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Cyto- Colorblindness of the red-green type (also known as deuteranopia or deuteranomaly). The term "Daltonism" is…
- Tube, nasogastric See: Nasogastric tube
- Intrauterine contraceptive device (IUD) A device inserted into the uterus (womb) to prevent conception (pregnancy). The IUD can be a coil, loop…