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Carney complex
A multiple neoplasia syndrome with cardiac, endocrine, cutaneous, and neural tumors together with spotty pigmentation of the skin, particularly on the face, lips, and trunk, and mucosa. The Carney complex may simultaneously involve…
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Show more- Splenic artery A large artery within the abdomen that arises from an arterial vessel called the celiac trunk, which emerges…
- Pacemaker Pacemaker: A system that sends electrical impulses to the heart in order to set the heart rhythm. The…
- RTT (Rett syndrome) See Rett syndrome
- Bone marrow Bone marrow: The soft blood-forming tissue that fills the cavities of bones and contains fat and immature and…
- Fear of flowers An abnormal and persistent fear of flowers. Sufferers experience undue anxiety even though they realize they…
- Pleurodesis A procedure that causes the membranes around the lung to stick together and prevents the buildup of fluid in…
- Fetoscopy A technique for looking directly at the fetus within the uterus (using a fetoscope).
- Compound microscope A microscope which consists of two microscopes in series, the first serving as the ocular lens (close to the…
- Supination Rotation of the forearm and hand so that the palm is up (and the corresponding movement of the foot and leg…
- Clitoris A small mass of erectile tissue situated at the anterior apex of the vestibule.
- Nares The nostrils or nasal passages. Nares is the Latin plural of naris, meaning nostril. Nares shares the same…
- Vasovagal reaction A reflex of the involuntary nervous system that causes the heart to slow down (bradycardia) and that, at the…