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Erosion
An erosion is an eating away of a surface. ('Erodere' in Latin means to eat out.) For example, a skin erosion is a loss of part or all of the epidermis (the outer layer) leaving a denuded surface. For another example, tooth erosion is a…
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- Inguinal canal A passage in the lower anterior abdominal wall which in the male allows passage of the spermatic cord and in…
- Capitation In U.S. health services, capitation refers to a fixed 'per capita' amount that is paid to a hospital, clinic…
- Syndrome, Kartagener's The trio of sinusitis, bronchitis and situs inversus (lateral reversal of the position all organs in the…
- Recur To occur again. To return. Any symptom (such as fatigue), any sign (such as a heart murmur), or any disease…
- Odynophagia Pain on swallowing food and fluids, a symptom often due to disease of the esophagus. From the Greek roots…
- Medical school, first American See: First American medical school
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- Embryo The organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation from fertilization to, in humans, the…
- Orbital ridge The bony ridge beneath the eyebrow
- Bone, cuboid The cuboid bone is the outer bone in the instep of the foot. It is called the cuboid bone because it is…
- CPEO with myopathy See: Kearns-Sayre syndrome