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Tongue cancer
Cancer: Malignancy of the tongue; squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. Risk factors include smoking tobacco, smokeless tobacco, heavy alcohol intake, and dentures. Tongue cancer usually occurs after the age of 40, with men affected more…
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Show more- Deficiency, protein C Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation…
- Formalin A 37% aqueous (water) solution of formaldehyde, a pungent gas, with the chemical formula HCHO, used as an…
- Soporific Something such as a drug that causes or induces profound sleep. Tending to cause sleep or to dull the sense…
- Plasticity, brain See Neuroplasticity
- Juxtaarticular The prefix 'juxta-' comes from the Latin preposition meaning near, nearby, close. Juxtaarticular is composed…
- Rasmussen syndrome A brain disorder caused by inflammation of brain cells in one hemisphere. Its cause is unknown. Rasmussen…
- Tear A drop of the salty secretion of the lacrimal glands which serves to moisten the conjunctiva and cornea
- Decompression 1. In general, the removal of pressure.2. In surgery, a procedure to remove pressure on a structure, as in…
- Operation, Blalock-Taussig A pioneering heart operation named after the American surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899-1964) and the pediatric…
- Oxygen A colorless, odorless and tasteless gas that makes up about 20% of the air we breathe (and at least half the…
- OCP Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder.
- Oncogene ErbB See: EGFR