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Liposuction: The most common cosmetic operation in the U. S. with over 400,000 such surgical operations done annually, liposuction involves the surgical suctioning of fat deposits from specific parts of the body, the most common being the…
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Show more- NBCCS Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Syndrome, joint hypermobility See Syndrome, hypermobility
- Bumps The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from these injured blood vessels into the…
- Bronchoscope A thin, flexible instrument used to view the air passages of the lung
- Ethyl acrylate A substance used in making latex paints and textiles. The US government removed ethyl acrylate from its list…
- Muscular dystrophy, Ullrich congenital A disorder evident at birth characterized by muscle weakness, contractures of multiple joints, and…
- Psychosis, Othello See: Othello syndrome
- Levothyroxine See: Thomas, Lewis.
- Klumpke paralysis See: Klumpke palsy
- AC joint Acromioclavicular joint located between the acromion (a projection of the scapula that forms the point of the…
- Glossal Of or pertaining to the tongue. Glossal is used as both an adjective and a compound word, as in hypoglossal…
- Cleidocranial dysostosis >Absent or incompletely formed collar bones (the 'cleido-' part refers to the clavicles, the collar bones)…