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Tartar
Tartar is the hardened product of longstanding plaque accumulating minerals from the saliva and foods. Plaque is the soft accumulation of food debris and bacteria around teeth. These bacteria feed on left over food in the mouth to excrete…
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Show more- Whole-arm translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement, also called a Robertsonian translocation, in which there is fusion of an…
- Paraquat lung Lung disease caused by the contact herbicide paraquat which selectively accumulates in the lungs and is…
- Areola 1. The small darkened area around the nipple of the breast. 2. The colored part of the iris around the pupil…
- Defensive medicine Medical practices designed to avert the future possibility of malpractice suits. In defensive medicine…
- St. Louis encephalitis A disease caused by a virus (first observed in Illinois in 1932) transmitted from birds to the common Culex…
- Syndrome, Brachmann-de Lange See: de Lange syndrome
- Rem In radiation, Roentgen equivalent for man, a roentgen (an international unit of X- or gamma-radiation)…
- Segawa dystonia Dystonia: An important variant form of dopa-responsive dystonia (DRD). DRD typically begins in childhood or…
- Chromosome 3 One of the largest human chromosomes, comprising approximately 6.5% of the human genome. Chromosome 3 has…
- Base in DNA A unit of the DNA. There are 4 bases: adenine (A), guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The sequence…
- Kegel exercises Exercises designed to increase muscle strength and elasticity in the female pelvis. Kegel exercises may be…
- Lightheadedness A feeling you are 'going to faint.' Lightheadedness is medically distinct from dizziness, unsteadiness, and…