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Knee phenomenon
See: Knee jerk
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Show more- Knee joint The knee joint has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the…
- Claustrophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of closed spaces, of being closed in or being shut in, as in elevators…
- Dermatitis Inflammation of the skin, either due to direct contact with an irritating substance, or to an allergic…
- Brain ventricle >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…
- RML Acronym for the right middle lobe (of the lung). The right lung has three lobes: the right lower lobe (RLL)…
- Eyes, glaucoma Glaucoma: Disease (there is more than one type) characterized by increased pressure within the eye. Glaucoma…
- Cognitive Pertaining to cognition, the process of knowing and, more precisely, the process of being aware, knowing…
- Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIC Sanfilippo syndrome due to deficiency of the enzyme acetyl CoA:alpha-glucosaminide acetyltransferase. See…
- Nondisjunction Failure of paired chromosomes to disjoin (separate) during cell division so that both chromosomes go to one…
- Giant intestinal fluke Fasciolopsis buski. See: Fasciolopsis
- Cradle-cam See: Kiddie cam
- Linkage analysis Study aimed at establishing linkage between genes. Today linkage analysis serves as a way of gene-hunting and…