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Perineal
Of or relating to the perineum
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- Dementia Dementia: Significant loss of intellectual abilities such as memory capacity, severe enough to interfere with…
- Childhood translocation 11 leukemia A new type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and…
- Frontal In anatomy, pertaining to the forehead. As, for example, the frontal bone, frontal sinus, and frontal nerve…
- Vasomotor Relating to the nerves and muscles that cause the blood vessels to constrict or dilate
- Basilar fracture A break in bone at the base of the skull. About a half of basilar fractures are caused by bicycle or motor…
- Omentectomy Surgery to remove part or all of the omentum, a fold of the peritoneum (the thin tissue lining the abdomen)…
- Parasitic Having to do with a parasite, as in a parasitic infection; or acting like a parasite by taking nourishment…
- Calefacient 1. (noun) Anything that warms. 2. (noun) A substance that produces a feeling of warmth when it is applied to…
- Carney complex A multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, endocrine, cutaneous, and neural tumors together with spotty…