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Thyrolingual cyst
See: Thyroglossal cyst
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- Visual field test Visual field test: A test which measures the extent and distribution of the field of vision. The visual field…
- Abortion, spontaneous A miscarriage, that is, any pregnancy that is not viable (the fetus cannot survive) or in which the fetus is…
- Process In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower…
- Fauces The throat. The word fauces is the plural of the Latin faux meaning a small passage.
- Red blood cell The blood cell that carries oxygen. Red cells contain hemoglobin and it is the hemoglobin which permits them…
- Hemophilia B Hemophilia due to deficiency of coagulation factor IX in the blood which results in prolonged oozing after…
- Anorexia nervosa Anorexia nervosa: See Anorexia.
- Ear, middle There are three sections of the ear. They are the external ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear. The middle…
- Lassa virus The deadly cause of Lassa fever. Lassa virus is a virulent and highly transmissible RNA virus that belongs to…