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Show more- Toll-like receptor 4 TLR4. One in a family of receptors that provide critical links between immune stimulants produced by…
- Pyoderma gangrenosum An ulcerating condition of the skin leading to hollowed-out areas (ulcers) with heaped-up borders and a…
- Section, Cesarian The obstetrical procedure is often spelled this way in the U.S. with just an 'e'although the Roman emperor…
- Granulocytopenia A marked decrease in the number of granulocytes. Granulocytes are a type of white blood cell filled with…
- Pseudoobstruction, neuropathic Intestinal pseudoobstruction caused by damage to nerve cells in the walls of the bowel
- Heterochromia Different colors
- Lamella A thin leaf, plate, disk, wafer
- Artificial abortion An abortion that is brought about intentionally. Also called an induced or therapeutic abortion. As opposed…
- Jackson-Pratt drain See: JP drain
- Muscle, teres minor >The teres minor muscle; >The infraspinatus muscle, which (like the teres minor) helps in the outward turning…
- Deficiency, FALDH Also known as the Sjogren-Larsson syndrome, this is a genetic (inherited) disease usually characterized by a…
- Cemento-ossifying fibroma A hard fibrous growth that continues to enlarge, sometimes to very significant size, unless treated, most…