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Fibroblast
A cell ubiquitous in connective tissue that makes and secretes collagen
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- Slow virus 1. A virus that has a long incubation period before the onset of a gradually progressive disease. 2…
- Elbow joint Three long bones meet in the middle portion of the arm at the elbow joint. The bone of the upper arm…
- Randomized clinical trial A clinical trial in which the participants are assigned randomly (by chance alone) to different treatments…
- Macrolide One in a class of antibiotics that includes Biaxin, Clarithromycin, Ery-Tab, and Erythromycin. The macrolides…
- History, family The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family…
- Vocal cord One of two small bands of muscle within the larynx. These muscles vibrate to produce the voice. The vocal…
- Polio vaccine, inactivated See: Polio vaccine, inactivated.
- Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ) Temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ): A disorder of the temporomandibular joint(s) that causes pain…
- C2 (cervical vertebra) C2 is the symbol for the second cervical vertebra, which is also called the axis. It is so-named because the…
- Hypoxemia Abnormally low levels of oxygen in the blood. Hypoxemia may be mild to severe and leads to shortness of…
- Blister agent See: Vesicant