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Biopsy, breast
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- Delusion A false personal belief that is not subject to reason or contradictory evidence and is not explained by a…
- Dwarfism, achondroplastic A genetic disorder of bone growth, achondroplasia is the most common cause of short stature with…
- Anticipatory grief The normal mourning that occurs when a patient or family is expecting a death. Anticipatory grief has many of…
- Vein, jugular The jugular veins are in the neck and drain blood from the head, brain, face and neck and convey it toward…
- Syndrome, tarsal tunnel See Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Homo sapiens The primate species of mammal to which modern humans belong. Homo sapiens is Latin for knowing man or wise man
- Physiologic jaundice of the newborn Although there can be a diversity of physiologic stress tests, this refers here to a physiologic cardiac…
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Keratin Protein in the upper layer of the skin, hair, nails and animal horns. The word keratin comes from the…
- Study, Framingham See: Framingham Study
- Aortic stenosis Aortic stenosis: Narrowing (stenosis) of the heart valve between the left ventricle of the heart and the…