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Shoulder blade
The familiar flat triangular bone at the back of the shoulder. Known familiarly as the wingbone or, medically, as the scapula. The word 'scapula' (with the accent on the first syllable) is Latin. The Romans always employed the plural…
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- Paprika A spicy seasoning ground from a variety of sweet red pepper (Capsicum annuum), the original source of vitamin…
- Homeotherm A homeotherm is a warm-blooded animal (such as homo sapiens). Another term for us warm-blooded creatures is…
- Prosthesis, cleft palate See: Cleft palate prosthesis
- Stomach flu So-called 'stomach flu' actually has nothing to do with the influenza (flu) virus. This term is sometimes…
- Hypothalamic hamartoma A benign tumor of the hypothalamus, the area of the brain that controls body temperature, hunger, and thirst…
- Dacryoadenitis Inflammation of a lacrimal gland (a gland that produces tears)
- Paul Ehrlich 1. Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915), renowned German scientist and physician. See: Ehlich, Paul. 2. Paul R. Ehrlich…
- Aggressive angiomyxoma A slow-growing tumor of stromal cells which occurs primarily in the genital and pelvic regions. This tumor is…
- CXCR4 A chemokine receptor found on a wide variety of cells that serves as the coreceptor for HIV. HIV strains that…