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Accessory
Additional, extra, supplementary, subsidiary to the main thing. An accessory digestive organ is an organ that helps with digestion but is not part of the digestive tract. The accessory nerve is so-called because it receives an additional…
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- Achoo syndrome A disorder characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing provoked in a reflex fashion by the…
- National Research Council In the United States, a part of the National Academies. There are also National Research Councils in Canada…
- Dengue shock syndrome A syndrome due to the dengue virus that tends to affect children under 10, causing abdominal pain, hemorrhage…
- STEP procedure See: Serial transverse enteroplasty
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- Bursal Pertaining to a bursa
- Metatarsals Five cylindrical bones extending from the heel (the tarsus) to the toes. The metatarsals are numbered from…
- Mesothelin A protein attached to the cell surface that is thought to have a role in cell-adhesion and possibly in…