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Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis: A type of arthritis caused by inflammation, breakdown, and eventual loss of cartilage in the joints. Also known as degenerative arthritis.
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Show more- Orchitis Inflammation of the testis (male sex organ). There are many causes of inflammation of the testis including…
- Strait jacket See: Straitjacket
- Skeletal muscle One of three types of muscle tissue in the body (skeletal, smooth, cardiac) which represents the majority of…
- Rumination 1. Regurgitating food after a meal and then swallowing and digesting some of it. Cattle and other ruminant…
- APT1 See: FAS gene
- Tooth, wisdom One of the large molars in the very back of the jaw. The human jaw has changed in size over the course of…
- Riley-Day syndrome Eponym for familial dysautonomia. See: Familial dysautonomia.
- Vaccine, inactivated polio See: Polio vaccine, inactivated
- Tropical cyclone A regionally specific name for a strong tropical cyclone in the Southwest Indian Ocean. Other terms for…
- Monochromatism 1) Total inability to perceive color. A person with true monochromatism perceives only black, white, and…
- Genome, Haemophilus influenzae See: H. flu genome
- Annals of Internal Medicine : A medical journal especially concerned with information in the field of internal medicine (adult medicine)…