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Cerebrospinal fluid
CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord. The CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, a series of infolded blood…
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Show more- Single nucleotide polymorphism A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. Abbreviated SNP and…
- Gestation Period of time from conception to birth
- Retinal detachment Retinal detachment: A separation of the retina from its connection at the back of the eye. The separation…
- Jejunal Having to do with the jejunum.
- Oscillopsia Oscillating vision. Swinging vision. In oscillopsia, objects seem to swing, move back and forth, jerk, or…
- Rosacea keratitis A condition affecting the eyes in about half of all cases of rosacea. It is characterized by burning and…
- Myotonic dystrophy 2 See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Reciprocal translocation A type of chromosome rearrangement involving the exchange of chromosome segments between two chromosomes that…
- Amygdaloid Like an almond. Almond-shaped. As the amygdaloid nucleus in the brain, a structure that anatomists thought…
- Antisepsis Prevention of infection by inhibiting or arresting the growth and multiplication of germs (infectious…
- Toco- Prefix meaning childbirth. For example, tocolysis is the slowing or halting of labor. Sometimes spelled tok-…
- Filariasis See Lymphatic filariasis