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Slipped elbow
See: Nursemaid's elbow
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Show more- Infectious hepatitis immunization See Immunization, hepatitis A
- Diagnosis, retrospective See: Retrodiagnosis
- Quiescence Inactivity, quietness. In cells, quiescence is the state of not dividing. In neurons (nerve cells)…
- Diffuse toxic goiter Graves disease, the most common cause of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland), with…
- Runt-related transcription factor 1 See: Runx-1
- Epstein-Barr virus A virus, abbreviated EBV, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…
- Automatic behavior A behavior that is performed without conscious knowledge and that does not appear to be under conscious…
- Caudate nucleus In each hemisphere of the brain, the most medial of the four basal ganglia, partly responsible for body…
- Thoracic outlet syndrome Thoracic outlet syndrome: A condition due to compromise of blood vessels or nerve fibers between the armpit…
- Triphalangeal Having three phalanges in a digit normally composed of only two
- Date, expiration The date for a drug estimated for its shelf life with proper storage in sealed containers away from harmful…
- Colorectal adenoma and carcinoma 1 Abbreviated CRAC1. Also known as hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome. See: Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome