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Cryptorchidism
1. Pertaining to the elbow. 2. Pertaining to the forearm and hand. 3. Pertaining to the ulna. From the Latin cubitum meaning elbow or cubit. The cubit was a unit of length based on the length of the forearm from the elbow to the tip of the…
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- Labrose In medicine, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint) surface of…
- Vasovagal attack See: Vasovagal reaction
- Amino acids The building blocks of polypeptides and proteins
- Klippel-Feil deformity See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Interatrial septum The partition separating the upper chambers (the atria) of the heart
- Bradyphrenia Slowed thought processes. Can be a side effect of certain psychiatric medications
- Megalencephaly Also called macrencephaly, a condition in which there is an abnormally large, heavy, and usually…
- Vessel, efferent A vessel carrying blood away from the heart. An artery or arteriole
- Agyrophobia Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares; fear of thoroughfares…
- Exaggerated startle disease A genetic disorder also known as hyperexplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction)…
- Mitosis Ordinary division of a body cell (a somatic cell) to form two daughter cells, each with the same chromosome…