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Endodermal
Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm
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- Window, round The trachea, a tube-like portion of the respiratory (breathing) tract that connects the larynx (the voicebox)…
- Heritable Capable of being transmitted from parent to child.
- Scan, CT Pictures of structures within the body created by a computer that takes the data from multiple X-ray images…
- Microcystic corneal dystrophy A disorder in which the cornea (the normally clear front window of the eye) shows dots (or microcysts)…
- Shock, psychologic Trauma due to psychological events, as in 'shell shock' (now known as post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Brain, water on the See: Water on the brain
- Genetic transposition The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed…
- Eponym Something named after someone. For example, a condition called Shiel's syndrome might be named after someone…
- Fibroma, cemento-ossifying Fibroma, cemento-ossifying: A hard fibrous lesion that continues to grow, sometimes to very large size…
- Ubiquinone See: Coenzyme Q10
- Digit, supernumerary An extra finger or toe