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Meniscus, medial knee
The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The medial meniscus of the knee is a thickened crescent-shaped cartilage pad between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh bone) and the tibia (the shin bone). The meniscus…
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- Vincent stomatitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Partial syndactyly A condition in which fingers or toes are partially joined together. Syndactyly can involve the bones or just…
- Excess selenium Too much selenium (selenosis) which may cause reversible balding and brittle nails, give a garlic odor to the…
- Sphenoid 1. Shaped like a wedge. 2. Relating to the sphenoid bone (which is wedge-shaped)
- Cord, vocal See: Vocal cord
- Kinder-cam See: Kiddie cam
- Cramping leg pain A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels…
- Invert 1) To turn inward. To invert the foot is to move its forepart toward the midline of the body. 2) To turn…
- McClintock See: McClintock, Barbara
- Headache, chronic daily See: Chronic daily headache
- Spine 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine…