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Lesbian
Female homosexual. The name 'lesbian' comes from the Greek island of Lesbos in the Aegian Sea where in antiquity the women were said to be homosexual. The poet Sappho who lived on Lesbos (circa 600 BC) was a lesbian in both geographic…
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Show more- Gyrus A convolution on the surface of a cerebral hemisphere caused by the infolding of the cerebral cortex. The…
- Esophagus The tube that connects the pharynx (throat) with the stomach. The esophagus lies between the trachea…
- Pandiculation The act of stretching and yawning. (If you are in a public place, you might consider demonstrating the…
- Pacemaker, internal A device that uses electrical impulses to regulate the heart rhythm or to reproduce that rhythm. An internal…
- Clamydia A common misspelling of Chlamydia
- Fear of pain An abnormal and persistent fear of pain. The fear is excessive, beyond that which is expected under the…
- Sequence, intervening An intervening sequence is the part of a gene that is initially transcribed from the DNA into RNA…
- Cusp In reference to heart valves, one of the triangular segments of the valve which opens and closes with the…
- Cavity, abdominal The cavity within the abdomen, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. The abdominal cavity is…
- Point, McBurney's McBurney's point is the most tender area of the abdomen of patients in the early stage of appendicitis…
- Cryptosporidium enteritis See: Cryptosporidiosis
- Antipsoriatic Directed against psoriasis. Sunlight is antipsoriatic, as are a number of drugs