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Primary teeth
The first teeth which are shed and replaced by permanent teeth. The first primary tooth comes in at about 6 months of age and the 20th and last primary tooth erupts at around 2 1/2 years of age. The primary teeth are replaced beginning…
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- Paternal age The age of the father at the time he conceives a child. The present mean (average) paternal age is 27 years…
- Vitrectomy Removal of the gel (called the vitreous) from within the eyeball. This may be done because it has blood and…
- Hemoglobin normal values Hemoglobin is the oxygen-carrying pigment in the blood, the predominant protein in the red blood cells. In…
- Infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the breast Breast: Infiltrating ductal carcinoma is one of several recognized specific patterns of cancer of the breast…
- Vestibulocochlear nerve A nerve that is responsible for the sense of hearing and which is also pertinent to balance, to the body…
- Cellulite Cellulite: Popular term for deposits of fat that have a cottage cheese-like or puckered texture. Medically…
- Elastase An enzyme that digests and degrades a number of proteins including elastin, an elastic substance in the lungs…
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome A form of congenital heart disease in which the whole left half of the heart (including the aorta , aortic…
- Cellophane maculopathy See: Macular pucker
- IMRT Intensity modulated radiation therapy
- Disease, delta-storage pool See: Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome