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Ossification
The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage (or fibrous tissue) into bone. The human skeleton initially consists largely of cartilage which is relatively soft and is gradually transformed into hard bone during infant…
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Show more- Chromosome 4p- syndrome The 4p- syndrome or Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, is a chromosome disorder due to partial deletion of the short…
- Capillary One of the tiny blood vessels that connect the arterioles (the smallest divisions of the arteries) and the…
- Hysterectomy, total Hysterectomy, total: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Hypomnesia Abnormally poor memory of the past. As compared to hypermnesia and amnesia. From hypo- + the Greek mneme…
- Indicate In medicine, to make a treatment or procedure advisable because of a particular condition or circumstance…
- Poisoning, ethylene glycol Poisoning from ethylene glycol (a clear, colorless, odorless liquid with a sweet taste) that can produce…
- Programmed cell death A term often used interchangeably with apoptosis. See: Apoptosis
- Critical incident stress management Cross-shaped. "Cruciate" comes from the Latin "crux" which means "cross". (That is the crux of this matter)…
- Institutional Review Board IRB. A group of scientists, doctors, clergy, and consumers at each health care facility that participates in…
- Jacksonian epilepsy See: Epilepsy, Jacksonian
- Allergic reaction The hypersensitive response of the immune system of an allergic individual to a substance. When an allergen…
- Variation, observer Failure by the observer to measure accurately, resulting in error. Observer variation may be due to the…