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- Cuboid bone The cuboid bone is the outer bone in the instep of the foot. It is called the cuboid bone because it is…
- Gastric emptying study Gastric emptying study: A gastric emptying study evaluates the emptying of food from the stomach. For a…
- Randomized clinical trial A clinical trial in which the participants are assigned randomly (by chance alone) to different treatments…
- Shingle In medicine, a small signboard outside the office of a doctor. The term has nothing to do with the disease…
- Cain, mark of The mark that God set upon Cain, the eldest son of Adam. According to the Book of Genesis in the Bible, God…
- IgE Immunoglobulin E, a class of immunoglobulins that includes the antibodies elicited by an allergic substance…
- Linkage map A map of the genes on a chromosome based on linkage analysis. A linkage map does not show the physical…
- Cerebral vascular disease See: Cerebrovascular disease
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