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Intervertebral disk
A pad of cartilage between two vertebrae that acts as a shock absorber
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Show more- Palpate To touch or feel. For example, the edge of an enlarged liver may be palpated below the rib cage. From the…
- Sulfite sensitivity Adverse reactions of an allergic nature to sulfites. Sulfites occur in fermentation and also occur naturally…
- Drain, Penrose See: Penrose drain
- Homeopathic medicine See: Homeopathy
- Matter, gray The cortex of the brain which contains nerve cell bodies. The gray matter is as opposed to the white matter…
- Hallucination, hypnagogic See: Hypnagogic hallucination
- Phrenic pacing See: Diaphragm pacing
- Osteoporosis Osteoporosis: Thinning of the bones with reduction in bone mass due to depletion of calcium and bone protein…
- Incontinentia pigmenti In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Dacryoadenitis Inflammation of a lacrimal gland (a gland that produces tears)
- Fat cell A cell containing fat. Also called an adipocyte. A fat cell, or adipocyte, is a connective tissue cell that…
- Recur To occur again. To return. Any symptom (such as fatigue), any sign (such as a heart murmur), or any disease…