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Nerve, trigeminal
This nerve functions both as the chief nerve of sensation for the face and as the motor nerve controlling the muscles of mastication (chewing). Problems with the sensory part of the trigeminal nerve result in pain or loss of sensation in…
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- Dyspraxia, developmental A pattern of delayed, uneven, or aberrant development of physical abilities during childhood development. The…
- Plague bacterium genome All of the DNA (the genome) of the bacterium Yersinia pestis that causes the plague, consisting of four rings…
- Prostaglandin F2-alpha One of the prostaglandins, a group of hormone-like substances that participate in a wide range of body…
- Articulation 1. In speech, the production and use of speech sounds.2. In dentistry, the contact of the occlusal surfaces…
- Fibroma, nonossifying A growing lesion with a fibroma structure. Treatment is by surgery
- Postoperative hemorrhage Bleeding after a surgical procedure. The hemorrhage may occur immediately after the surgery or be delayed. It…
- Arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC) A disorder that develops before birth (prenatal), is present at birth (congenital), and is characterized by…
- Midwife, lay See: Lay midwife
- Osmolarity The concentration of osmotically active particles in solution, which may be quantitatively expressed in…