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Lice, pubic
See: Pubic lice
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- Vertebra, slipped See: Spondylolisthesis
- AFP (alpha-fetoprotein) AFP is a plasma protein that is normally produced by the fetus. It serves as the basis for some valuable…
- Facial nerve The facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It is a mixed nerve that has fibers both going out and coming…
- Medical journal, first American See: First American medical journal
- Angina, Prinzmetal Angina, Prinzmetal: Chest pain due to a coronary artery spasm, a sudden constriction of one of the vessels…
- Sense, balance Our sense of balance is regulated by a complex interaction of the following parts of the nervous system: >…
- Syndrome, Rendu-Osler-Weber See: Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Foreskin and glans, inflammation of the In the uncircumcised male, balanitis (inflammation of the glans, the rounded head of the penis) and posthitis…
- Factor X A laboratory-made agent similar to a normally existing substance in the body that stimulates the production…
- Ophthalmoplegia with ragged-red fibers See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Abiological See: Abiotic