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Buschke disease
See: Scleredema
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- Avuncular 1. Literally, relating to an uncle. 2. Figuratively, suggestive of an uncle, as in geniality. 3 In medical…
- Jequirity pea See: Abrin
- Inversion, chromosome A chromosome segment is clipped out, turned upside down and reinserted back into the chromosome. A chromosome…
- Dystonia, writer's cramp A dystonia that affects the muscles of the hand and sometimes the forearm and only occurs during handwriting…
- Childbirth assistant See: Doula (the first meaning)
- Mitochondrial genome All of the genetic information contained in the chromosome of the mitochondrion, a structure located in the…
- Study, antro-duodenal motility An antro-duodenal motility study is a study for detecting and recording the contractions of the muscles of…
- Medigap policy In the US, a Medicare supplement insurance policy sold by private insurance companies to fill 'gaps' in…
- Ethmoid sinus A collection of air cells within the ethmoid bone, a spongy bone which makes up the front of the floor of the…
- Granny cam A camcorder (a video camera and video recorder in one unit) that displays a live feed of elderly people, as…
- Septum A word borrowed from the Latin 'saeptum' meaning a 'dividing wall or enclosure.