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Cerebrospinal fluid
CSF. A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain and around the surface of the brain and spinal cord. The CSF is produced by the choroid plexus, a series of infolded blood…
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Show more- Oxter The armpit. From the Old English oxta or ohsta. The word oxter is used in certain areas of the world…
- Facial canal introitus In anatomy, an introitus is an entrance, one that goes into a canal or hollow organ. The introitus of the…
- Apolipoprotein E A type of lipoprotein (a protein connected to a fat). Apolipoprotein E is abbreviated ApoE and the gene that…
- Bone, blade Familiar term for the scapula, also called the shoulder blade or wing bone, the flat triangular bone at the…
- Nidus The Latin word for 'nest', nidus is used in medicine to refer to any structure that resembles a nest in…
- Gingivitis, fusospirochetal This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Double pneumonia Inflammation of both lungs. Medically called bilateral pneumonia
- Involute 1. Literally, to turn inward or roll inward. 2. To decrease in size after an enlargement. The uterus…
- Spine 1) The column of bone known as the vertebral column, which surrounds and protects the spinal cord. The spine…
- Kissing disease A name for infectious mononucleosis ('mono'), a very common illness caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)…
- Bone cyst, aneurysmal A benign lesion in a bone that contains connective tissue and blood inside a thin bony shell and that acts…
- Post-nasal drip Mucous accumulation in the back of the nose and throat leading to or giving the sensation of mucus dripping…