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Prosthetic
Referring to a prosthesis, an artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the palate, a hip, a knee or another joint, the leg, an arm, etc. A prosthesis is designed for functional or…
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- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.
- Glucose Glucose: The simple sugar (monosaccharide) that serves as the chief source of energy in the body. Glucose is…
- Biofeedback A method of treatment that uses monitors to feed back to patients physiological information of which they are…
- Syndrome, radial aplasia-thrombocytopenia See Syndrome, TAR
- Allergy desensitization Stimulation of the immune system with gradually increasing doses of the substances to which a person is…
- Retrovirus An RNA virus (a virus composed not of DNA but of RNA). Retroviruses have an enzyme called reverse…
- Mathematics disorder A condition characterized by math skills that are significantly below normal, given the person's age…
- Seizure, myoclonic See: Myoclonic seizure
- Vas deferens The tube connecting the testes with the urethra. The vas deferens is a coiled duct that conveys sperm from…
- Quinsy Not a TV detective but an old word for a peritonsillar abscess. Whether you call it quinsy or a peritonsillar…