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Hangman injury (Hangman's fracture)
A broken neck involving a fracture of an upper cervical vertebra similar to the injury suffered in death by hanging. The fracture always affects the vertebra called the axis -- the second cervical vertebra (C2) -- with or without…
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Show more- Progressive Increasing in scope or severity. Advancing. Going forward. In medicine, a disease that is progressive is…
- Blot, Northern A technique in molecular biology, used mainly to separate and identify pieces of RNA. Called a Northern blot…
- Juncture In anatomy, a place where two or more structures join; a joint. From the Latin jungere, to join
- Trypanosomiasis, African See: African sleeping sickness
- Lymphangiogram X-rays of the lymphatic system. A dye is injected to outline the lymphatic vessels and organs.
- Thyroid stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI) A form of immunoglobulin G (IgG) that can bind to thyrotropin (TSH) receptors on the thyroid gland. TSIs…
- Involuntary smoking The involuntary inhaling of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) by someone who is not smoking. See: ETS
- IMRT Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Genome, mustard Arabidopsis thaliana See: Arabidopsis thaliana genome
- Shoulder joint The flexible ball-and-socket joint formed by the junction of the humerus and the scapula. This joint is…
- Streptococcus haemolyticus Another name for streptococcus pyogenes
- Hygiene hypothesis A hypothesis that states that exposure to allergens in the environment early in life reduces the risk of…