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Ear wax
Ear wax: A natural wax-like substance secreted by special glands in the skin on the outer part of the ear canal. It repels water, and traps dust and sand particles. Usually a small amount of wax accumulates, and then dries up and falls out…
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Show more- Citrulline antibody Citrulline antibody: An antibody (an immune protein) directed against a circular peptide (a ring of amino…
- Pregnancy, mask of Pigmentation of the cheeks of the face (malar area) that occurs in about half of women during pregnancy. The…
- Adenitis Inflammation of a gland. From the aden-, gland + -itis, inflammation
- Upper motor neuron A neuron that starts in the motor cortex of the brain and terminates within the medulla (another part of the…
- Hypoalbuminemia An abnormally low blood level of albumin. Normally, albumin is the most plentiful protein in human blood and…
- Indication 1. In medicine, a condition which makes a particular treatment or procedure advisable. CML (chronic myeloid…
- Laryngeal palsy Paralysis of the recurrent laryngeal nerve, a branch of the vagus nerve (a long and important nerve that…
- Proteolipid protein The complete set of proteins expressed and modified following their expression by the genome. The term…
- Radionuclide An unstable form of a chemical element that radioactively decays, resulting in the emission of nuclear…
- Urination, painful See: Dysuria
- Hypoparathyroidism Hypoparathyroidism: Underfunction of the parathyroid glands with deficient production of the hormone…
- Cyanogen chloride See: Cyanide