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Knee
The knee is a joint which has three parts. The thigh bone (the femur) meets the large shin bone (the tibia) to form the main knee joint. This joint has an inner (medial) and an outer (lateral) compartment. The kneecap (the patella) joins…
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Show more- Cecum The cecum (also spelled caecum), the first portion of the large bowel, situated in the lower right quadrant…
- EMSY A novel protein that connects the familial and sporadic forms of breast cancer and ovarian cancer. Some cases…
- Syndrome, keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness See Keratitis-ichthyosis-deafness syndrome
- Regurgitation A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers…
- Nonocular type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type III. See: Stickler syndrome
- Pathogenicity island The genetic element, the 'island of evil', within the genome of an organism that is responsible for its…
- Pregnancy, pernicious vomiting of Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition…
- Dysphonia, spastic See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- RNA virus, negative-strand See: Negative-strand RNA virus
- Hoarding, pathological Hoarseness is a term referring to abnormal voice changes. Hoarseness may be manifested as a voice that sounds…
- MRCP Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography, an application of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to the…
- Symptomatic 1 With symptoms, as a symptomatic infection. 2 Characteristic, as behavior symptomatic of Huntington disease…