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Osteoclastoma
A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee -- the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia. The tumor is…
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- JCML Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia. See: Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia
- Cellulitus Common misspelling of cellulitis
- Overbreathing See: Hyperventilation
- Yolk sac Not all yolk has to do with birds' eggs. Human embryos have a yolk sac, too. The human yolk sac is a membrane…
- Transplant, kidney See: Kidney transplant
- MST A multiple subpial transection (MST) is a procedure is used to help control seizures that begin in areas of…
- Chekhov See: Chekhov, Anton
- Null mutation A mutation (a change) in a gene that leads to its not being transcribed into RNA and/or translated into a…
- T (thymine) In genetics, T stands for thymine, one member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base…
- Infarction, acute myocardial See: Acute myocardial infarction
- Tick typhus, Queensland See: Queensland tick typhus