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Supernumerary placenta
A succenturiate or accessory placenta
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- Male gonad The male gonad, the testicle (or testis), located behind the penis in a pouch of skin (the scrotum). The…
- Anomic aphasia See Anomia
- Diabetes, ketosis-prone See Diabetes, type 1
- Extubation The process of removing a tube from a hollow organ or passageway, often from the airway. The opposite of…
- Scratch test for allergy A mammogram (an X-ray of the breast) in women who have no signs of breast cancer. It usually involves two…
- Limb The arm or leg.
- Schadenfreude Pleasure from the misfortune of others. The word entered English in 1895 from the German 'Schade', harm, +…
- Aleut health See: Artic health
- Hormone, follicle-stimulating (FSH) A hormone produced by the pituitary gland that controls estrogen production by the ovaries
- Aspergillus A family of fungal organisms and molds, some of which can cause disease (aspergillosis)
- Stilling-Turk-Duane syndrome See: Duane syndrome