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Diprosopus
Two-faced conjoined twins (incompletely separated identical twins). The twins have almost complete fusion of their bodies with one set of limbs. Part or all of the face is duplicated. The condition usually results in stillbirth. The…
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Show more- Postural Pertaining to the posture or position of the body, the attitude or carriage of the body as a whole, or the…
- ALCAM A receptor expressed on T cells which is involved in the adhesion of cells. ALCAM stands for activated…
- Colectomy >Right hemicolectomy -- in which the right part of the colon is removed, >Left hemicolectomy -- where the…
- Candidiasis, invasive See: Invasive candidiasis
- Arthritis, Lyme Inflammation of the joints associated with Lyme disease, a bacterial disease spread by ticks
- Prostate A gland within the male reproductive system that is located just below the bladder. Chestnut shaped, the…
- Functional scoliosis A structurally normal spine that appears to have a lateral curve (scoliosis). Nonstructural scoliosis…
- Lymph gland See Lymph node
- Pinna The ear or, to be more precise, the part of the ear that projects like a little wing from the head. In Latin…
- Type 2 diabetes See Diabetes, type 2.
- Vitamin B1 Thiamine. Vitamin B1 (thiamine) acts as a coenzyme in the metabolism of the body. Deficiency of thiamine…
- Mapping, gene The process of determining the relative positions of genes on a chromosome (or another piece of DNA) and the…