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Cortical
Having to do with the cortex, the outer portion of an organ. The outer portion of the adrenal gland is called the adrenal cortical part; the outer portion of the cerebrum is the cerebral cortical area (a key part of the brain responsible…
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- Food-insecure Referring to the situation when people need to live with hunger and fear starvation
- MCL (medial collateral ligament) of the knee The knee joint is surrounded by a joint capsule with ligaments strapping the inside and outside of the joint…
- Hounsfield 1. Godfrey Hounsfield, a key contributor to the creation of the CAT scanner.2. The unit measuring the…
- Leg, lower The lower leg is the bottom segment of the leg: the part below the knee. The lower leg contains two long…
- MAC To soften tissues after death by soaking and by enzymatic digestion, as occurs with a stillborn. The word…
- Nephrotic syndrome, minimal change See: Minimal change disease
- Specific developmental disorder A disorder that selectively affects one area of development, sparing essentially all other areas of…
- Schonlein-Henoch purpura A form of blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis) that typically affects small arterial vessels (capillaries)…
- Artery, carotid See: Carotid artery
- Compartment syndrome A condition in which there is swelling and an increase in pressure within a limited space (a compartment)…
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