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A sign to detect hydrocephalus and brain abscess. Percussion (tapping) on the skull at a particular spot (near the junction of the frontal, temporal and parietal bones) yields an unusually resonant sound in the presence of hydrocephalus or…
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- Hormone A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or…
- Gastroenterologist A physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the gastrointestinal tract…
- CNP Copy number polymorphism
- Baby teeth See: Primary teeth
- Nephrectomy The surgical removal of a kidney. A nephrectomy can be radical, simple, or partial. The kidney, the adrenal…
- Maternal myasthenia gravis Myasthenia gravis: The presence of myasthenia gravis in a pregnant woman. Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune…
- Small inducible cytokine A2 See: MPC1
- Yeast vulvitis A yeast infection of the external genital organs of the female (the vulva). The vulva includes the labia…
- Scurvy See: Scutellaria barbata.
- Nirenberg See: Nirenberg, Marshall W.
- Luschka, foramina of Two openings from the fourth ventricle, one in a system of four communicating cavities called ventricles…