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Joint, calcaneocuboid
The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid bone (a bone shaped like a cube just in front of the calcaneus). The calcaneocuboid joint is a gliding type of joint. The ligaments…
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- Multisection CT See: Multidetector computed tomography
- FALDH deficiency Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Sugar Busters diet The Sugar Busters diet is a weight loss plan based upon restriction of sugar intake. The diet is based upon…
- Proband The family member through whom a family's medical history comes to light. For example, a proband might be a…
- HHDN The abbreviation for the scientific name of aldrin. (The scientific name for aldrin…
- Xanthoma tendinosum Xanthoma that clusters around tendons, and is associated with lipid disorders
- Hormone, parathyrin See Hormone, parathormone
- Amygdala 1. The amygdaloid nucleus in the brain. 2. The tonsils. These structures were so named because they appeared…
- Y. pestis Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and…