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Crypt
In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an otherwise fairly flat surface. Cryptic in the case of the tonsils refer to the tonsillar crypts which are little pitlike depressions in…
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Show more- Vitamin B2 An essential nutrient found in meat, dairy foods, plant foods and grain products. The body requires vitamin…
- Oral rehydration therapy The administration of special fluids by mouth treat dehydration. Abbreviated ORT. See also: Oral rehydration…
- Dirofilaria immitis The dog heartworm
- Meniscus, lateral knee The word 'meniscus' refers to a crescent-shaped structure. The lateral meniscus of the knee is a thickened…
- Mumps in pregnancy Mumps vaccination is not recommended during or shortly before pregnancy because it is a live attenuated…
- Motherese The language spoken, all over the world, by mothers to their babies, before and after birth. Motherese is the…
- Frailty syndrome A condition, seen particularly in older patients, characterized by low functional reserve, easy tiring…
- Ventricle, left The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart. The left ventricle is the chamber that receives blood…
- Total hysterectomy Hysterectomy: Complete surgical removal of the uterus and cervix. Also called a complete hysterectomy
- Hydatid disease, alveolar A tumor that forms in the uterus as a mass of cysts resembling a bunch of grapes. Moles occur during the…
- Noonan syndrome (NS) Noonan syndrome (NS): A multifaceted genetic disorder characterized by a series of birth defects (congenital…
- Injury, hangman (Hangman's fracture) Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…