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- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion
- Contig Contiguous sequence of DNA created by assembling overlapping sequenced fragments of a chromosome. A group of…
- Neck, wry Medically called spasmodic torticollis, or torticollis. The most common of the focal dystonias. In…
- Dura The outermost, toughest, and most fibrous of the three membranes (meninges) covering the brain and the spinal…
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