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Groin
In anatomy, the area where the upper thigh meets the trunk. More precisely, the fold or depression marking the juncture of the lower abdomen and the inner part of the thigh. In sports medicine, 'groin injuries' are well known in pages of…
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Show more- Abscission To remove tissue by cutting it away, as in surgery
- Insecticidal Capable of killing insects or controlling their growth
- Citrovorum factor See: Leucovorin
- Second-hand smoke Environmental tobacco smoke that is inhaled involuntarily or passively by someone who is not smoking…
- Facies A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face.
- Irradiation The use of high-energy radiation from x-rays, gamma rays, neutrons, and other sources to kill cancer cells…
- Chromatids The daughter strands of a duplicated chromosome joined together by a centromere.
- Tetraphocomelia-thrombocytopenia syndrome See TAR syndrome
- Hypoxia A subnormal concentration of oxygen. By contrast with normoxia (normal oxygen) and anoxia (the absence or…
- Infant, post-term An overly mature baby that has not been born until well after the usual term pregnancy. A post-term baby is…
- Venom A poison, particularly one secreted by an animal. For examples, bee venom, snake venom, scorpion venom, and…
- Lipodystrophy, cephalothoracic A disorder characterized by painless symmetrical diffuse deposits of fat beneath the skin of the neck, upper…