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- Anemia, Addison Anemia, Addison: A blood disorder caused by a lack of vitamin B12. Patients who have this disorder do not…
- Facultative 1. In general, not obligatory but rather capable of adapting to different conditions. The opposite of…
- Scrotum A pouch of skin which contains the testes, epididymides, and lower portions of the spermatic cords.
- Carcinogenic Causing cancer or contributing to the causation of cancer. Pertaining to a carcinogen
- Longitudinal study A study done over the passage of time. For example, a longitudinal study of children with Down syndrome…
- Proxi- Toward the beginning, the nearer of two (or more) items. For example, the proximal end of the femur is part…
- Taenia asiatica Taenia solium.
- Viral hemorrhagic fever Viral hepatitis is liver inflammation caused by viruses. Specific hepatitis viruses have been labeled A, B…
- Skull The skull is a collection of bones which encase the brain and give form to the head and face. The bones of…
- Meckel's diverticulum An outpouching from the small intestine, due to failure of obliteration of the yolk stalk (which normally…