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Ear bones
The malleus, incus, and stapes
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Show more- Noisome Offensive to the senses and especially disgusting, offensive, or harmful to the sense of smell. For example…
- Invest In medicine, this has nothing to do with the stock market. It means to envelop, cover, or embed.
- Secondary amenorrhea The abnormal cessation of menstruation. Amenorrhea is conventionally divided into primary and secondary…
- Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty Angioplasty: PTCA. The use of a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowed artery
- Comedones The plural of comedo, the primary sign of acne, consisting of a dilated (widened) hair follicle filled with…
- Esophageal cancer Esophageal cancer: A malignant tumor of the esophagus. The risk of cancer of the esophagus is increased by…
- Sternutation Sneezing; the sound of sneezing. When we sneeze, air is expelled with force from the nose (and from the…
- Vater, ampulla of See: Ampulla of Vater
- Dermopathy Any disease of the skin. Synonymous with dermatopathy.
- Immunization, meningococcal A vaccine to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and…
- Dorsum The back or posterior side of a structure. 'Dorsum' is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…
- Circulatory Having to do with the circulation, the movement of fluid in a regular or circuitous course. Although the…