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Pterygium
A winglike triangular membrane. Although a pterygium can be anywhere, including behind the knee, it commonly refers to a winglet of the conjunctiva. This pterygium may extend across the white of the eye toward the inner corner of the eye…
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- Scarlatina Also called scarlet fever, a disease caused by infection with group A streptococcal bacteria that occurs in a…
- Superficial See: Melanoma, superficial spreading.
- Syndrome, polycystic ovary See: Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Urachus A canal connecting the bladder of the fetus with the allantois, a structure that contributes to the formation…
- Radial >Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. The radial artery is so named because of its…
- Dysplasia, faciogenital See: Aarskog-Scott syndrome
- Hera In Greek mythology, a protector of women, who with her daughter Eileithyia was often called upon during…
- Sialidosis A form of mucolipidosis characterized by deficiency of acid alpha-N-acetyl- neuraminidase (sialidase). See…
- Cells, germ The eggs and sperm are the germ cells: the reproductive cells. Each mature germ cell is haploid in that it…
- Great Plague The 'Great Plague' that swept London in 1665 was probably not really the plague but rather typhus. The plague…
- Medication, anti-infective Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing…