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Acoustic nerve
A cranial nerve concerned with hearing, balance and head position. The acoustic nerve is the 8th cranial nerve. It branches into two parts -- a cochlear part integral to hearing and a vestibular part which mediates the sense of balance and…
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- Puberty, precocious Precocious puberty is the unusually early development of secondary sexual features. The onset of sexual…
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- Extrasystole A premature contraction of the heart that is independent of the normal rhythm of the heart and that arises in…
- Calabresi, Paul Italian-born American oncologist who was a leader in developing and testing drugs to treat Hodgkin's…
- Fever, dumdum Also called kala-azar, a chronic, potentially fatal parasitic disease of the viscera (the internal organs)…
- Medulloblastoma A type of brain tumor that tends to occur in children, arise in the cerebellum (in the lower part of the…
- Bone, zygomatic The bone that forms the prominence of the cheek. The zygomatic bone is also known as the zygoma, the…
- Diuretic Anything that promotes the formation of urine by the kidney. (The word 'diuretic' comes from a combination of…
- Spinal stenosis Narrowing of the spaces in the spine, resulting in compression of the nerve roots or spinal cord by bony…
- HMPS Hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome