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Cutis anserina
Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as…
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- Bp In genetics, base pair. In general medicine, blood pressure (but usually in capital letters as BP)
- Liposarcoma A malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep soft tissue, such as that inside the thigh. Most frequent…
- Scuba health Common medical problems in scuba diving include cuts, scrapes and other injuries to the arms and legs and…
- Implantable cardiac defibrillator Implantable cardiac defibrillator: A device that is put within the body and is designed to recognize certain…
- Recurrence risk In medical genetics, the recurrence risk is the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in the…
- Radiography Film records (radiographs) of internal structures of the body. Radiography is made possible by X-rays (or…
- Medication, clot-dissolving See: Thrombolytic agent
- Genome, mustard Arabidopsis thaliana See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
- Off-pump Not on the pump, usually meaning not on the heart-lung machine. See also: Off-pump surgery
- CM A centimorgan, a unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a…
- Cleft palate An opening in the roof of the mouth (the palate) due to a failure of the palatal shelves to come fully…