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Show more- Injury, knee meniscus Injury to one of the two crescent-shaped cartilage pads between the two joints formed by the femur (the thigh…
- Tag, ear Common minor anomaly, a rudimentary tag of ear tissue, often containing a core cartilage, usually located…
- Gout, tophaceous A form of chronic gout whereby nodular masses of uric acid crystals (tophi) are deposited in different soft…
- Discordance 1. The presence of any given condition such as HIV in only one member of a couple. 2. In genetics, the…
- Palate, soft The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Aorta, thoracic The thoracic aorta is a section of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, within the chest. Specifically…
- Malnutrition-related diabetes At one time, a distinct type of diabetes mellitus, often associated with the tropics and so also called…
- Stress echocardiography Stress echocardiography: A supplement to the routine exercise cardiac stress test. During stress…
- Cytosis 1. Suffix referring to cells, as in anisocytosis (inequality in the size of red blood cells), elliptocytosis…
- Hypotonia Decreased tone of skeletal muscles. In a word, floppiness. Hypotonia is a common finding in cerebral palsy…
- Gorham disease Also called disappearing bone disease. Extensive loss of calcium from a single bone so that it cannot be seen…
- Sociopathic personality See: Antisocial personality disorder