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Iliopsoas muscle
The upper part of the bony pelvis which forms the receptacle for the head of the femur at the hip joint. The word "ilium" is the Medieval Latin term for the hip bone. The adjective is iliac. "Ilium" is not to be confused with the ileum…
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- ADU Accessory dwelling unit
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Outlet, gastric See: Gastric outlet
- SCYA2 Small inducible cytokine A2. See: MPC1
- AIH (artificial insemination by husband) A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Enzootic Endemic in animals. An enzootic disease is constantly present in an animal population, but usually only…
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