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Carotid artery
A key artery located in the front of the neck though which blood from the heart goes to the brain. There are 2 carotid arteries -- the right and left common carotid arteries -- on each side of the neck. Together, the right and left common…
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Show more- Membranous vitreous type Stickler syndrome Yndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome
- Cystatin 3 See: Cystatin C
- Bullous Characterized by blistering, such as in a second-degree burn. Bullous is the adjective for bulla. A bulla is…
- Chronicity Characterized by long duration. The state of being chronic
- PFOA Perfluorooctanoic acid. See: Perfluorinated acid
- Akinetic Without movement (or without much movement). A term used in neurology to denote the absence (or poverty) of…
- Microcystic corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- Eye, dry See: Dry eye
- Genome, bovine See: Bovine genome
- Shunt 1) To move a body fluid, such as cerebrospinal fluid, from one place to another. 2) A catheter (tube) that…
- Hydronephrosis Hydronephrosis: Distention of the kidney with urine. Due to obstruction of urine outflow (for example, by a…
- Syndrome, Patau Trisomy 13 syndrome or three chromosome number 13s instead of the normal two. Children with this condition…