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Morton's nerve entrapment
See: Morton's neuroma
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Show more- CT cell See: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte
- Purpura, anaphylactoid See: Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Chemokine One of a large group of proteins that act as lures and were first found attracting white blood cells. The…
- Vein, central retinal The blood vessel that carries blood away from the retina of the eye. The counterpart to the central retinal…
- Retinal fundus The interior lining of the eyeball, including the retina (the light-sensitive screen), optic disc (the head…
- BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo) A balance disorder that results in the sudden onset of dizziness, spinning, or vertigo when moving the head
- Trypanosomiasis, American See: Chagas disease.
- Green fluorescent protein Abbreviated GFP. A protein that glows green under fluorescent light. Found naturally in the jellyfish…
- Arms An appendage in anatomy and in clinical trials. See: Arm
- STARI See: Hypnic jerk.
- Ophthalmoplegia with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome
- Stockholm syndrome Sudden collapse into unconsciousness due to a disorder of heart rhythm in which there is a slow or absent…