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- Wrist The proximal segment (the near part) of the hand consisting of the carpal bones and the associated soft…
- Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy See: Muscular dystrophy, Emery-Dreifuss
- Cystine kidney stones Cystine kidney stones are due to cystinuria, an inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino…
- Me-too drug A drug that is structurally very similar to already known drugs, with only minor differences. The term…
- Nerve, oculomotor The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Allergic purpura See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Cachexia Physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease. Patients with advanced cancer, AIDS…
- Antimicrobial agent A general term for drugs, chemicals, or other substances that either kill or slow the growth of microbes…
- Alpha helix The coiled structure of many proteins consisting of a single chain of amino acids stabilized by hydrogen…
- Greek medicine Medicine in Greece and the Greek world. The foundations of much of modern Western medicine lie in classical…