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Septic bursitis
A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as 'bursitis.' When the bursa is infected with bacteria, the…
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Show more- Veterinary medicine The medical science concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases in animals. Aside from…
- Belching A normal process to relieve distention from the air that accumulates in the stomach. The upper abdominal…
- Mother (1) The female parent. (2) To produce offspring as a female. To attribute the maternity of. (3) A cell or…
- Aesculapius That stick with the snake curled around it is the staff (the rod) of Aesculapius (also called Asklepios), the…
- Aspiration, fine needle See Fine needle aspiration
- Mallet The malleus
- Proteus syndrome A disturbance of cell growth including benign tumors under the skin, overgrowth of the body, often more on…
- Suicide and sexual orientation High rates of suicide have consistently been reported among homosexuals, particularly among adolescents and…
- Cystatin C A serum protein that is filtered out of the blood by the kidneys and that serves as a measure of kidney…
- Incest Sexual activity between individuals so closely related that marriage is prohibited. Incest involving a child…
- Map, contig A map depicting the relative order of a linked library of small overlapping clones representing a complete…
- Barbat skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata