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Ethmoid
1. As an adjective: spongy or sievelike. From the Greek ethmos, sieve + eidos, resemblance = like a sieve. 2. As a noun; short for the ethmoid bone, a spongy bone that serves as the front floor of the skull and the roof of the nose. 3. As…
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- Single-masked See: Single-blind
- Chamber, anterior The space in the eye that is behind the cornea and in front of the iris. The cornea is the outer…
- PARK11 Familial Parkinson disease type 11
- Nephroblastoma See: Wilms tumor
- Tophi The plural of tophus
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- Laryngoscopy Examination of the larynx with a mirror (indirect laryngoscopy) or with a laryngoscope (direct laryngoscopy)…