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Cubital tunnel
The opening between the two heads of a muscle through which the ulnar nerve passes at the elbow and enters the forearm. (The muscle is called the flexor carpi ulnaris.) Compression of the ulnar nerve in this passageway results in the…
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- Hallucinogen A drug that causes hallucinations (profound distortions in a person's perceptions of reality). Under the…
- ACOG (Amer College of Ob & Gyn) ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists): The American College of Obstetricians and…
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- Mental retardation A syndrome with the following characteristic features: (1) Neurological: Mental retardation and aphasia (lack…
- Proctocele See: Rectocele
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- Osteotomy Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Amoxil See: Amoxicillin