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Dural
Pertaining to the dura
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- LAM Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
- Anatomy in the Bible There are in the Bible but few direct references to the internal organs. Biblical poetry, however, abounds…
- USDA US Department of Agriculture
- Sesquipedalian A long polysyllabic word that means having many syllables or using long words, as is all too often the case…
- Transplant, hand and forearm Transplantation of the hand and the forearm from one person (a deceased donor) to another (the recipient). In…
- Biological safety level 2 Level 2 biosafety
- Disseminated sclerosis See: Multiple sclerosis
- Ventricle, brain >Lateral ventricles: The lateral ventricles are in the cerebral hemispheres. Each lateral ventricle consists…
- Patho- Pathology, with emphasis on the pathophysiological and pathogenetic mechanisms underlying human disease.