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Ear, middle
There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle ear consists of the ear drum (the tympanum or tympanic membrane) and, beyond it, a cavity. This cavity is connected via a canal…
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Show more- Coprophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of feces (bowel waste). Sufferers of coprophobia experience anxiety even…
- Pinguicula Alternate spelling of pinguecula. Irrespective of spelling, the accent is on the second syllable which is…
- Hypovolemic Referring to hypovolemia, an abnormal decrease in blood volume. As, for example, hypovolemic shock
- Labial Pertaining to the lip, one of the fleshy folds which surround the opening of the mouth or the vagina. Oral…
- Food-secure Referring to the situation when people do not need to live with hunger or fear starvation
- Hydrops fetalis Gross edema (swelling), usually with anemia, of the fetus. It can be due to Rh blood group incompatibility…
- Caduceus 1. A rod with two snakes entwined about it topped by a pair of wings.2. An insignia of a caduceus meant…
- Somatic cell nuclear transfer The transfer of the nucleus from a somatic cell into an egg from which the nucleus has been removed
- Fertile Able to conceive and bear offspring.
- Hidrosis Sweating, the production of perspiration. Hidrosis is the Greek word for sweating
- Gene product The RNA or protein that results from the expression of a gene. The amount of gene product is a measure of the…
- Colinear Arranged in the same linear order. See: Colinearity