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Gland, thyroid
See: Thyroid gland
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- Angiography, fluorescein See: Von Willebrand disease.
- Intelligence, non-verbal Innate or learned ability to understand and carry out motor tasks, such as solving physical puzzles. Also…
- Data Facts, statistics, and the like. In medicine and the health sciences, people often speak of 'the data'…
- Demyelination A degenerative process that erodes away the myelin sheath that normally protects nerve fibers. Demyelination…
- Founder effect The positive effect on gene frequency when a population (a colony) has only a small number of original…
- Pubic symphysis The joint between the pubic bones in the front of the pelvis. Also called the symphysis pubis
- H. floresiensis See: Homo floresiensis
- Lactation The process of milk production. Human milk is secreted by the mammary glands, which are located within the…
- Mixed-lineage leukemia A type of childhood leukemia in which a piece of chromosome 11 has been translocated (broken off and attached…
- Necrosis The death of living cells or tissues. Necrosis can be due, for example, to ischemia (lack of blood flow)…
- Stool The solid matter discharged in a bowel movement