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Alkaloid, vinca
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- Cloning, therapeutic See: Therapeutic cloning
- Biliary decompression A procedure done to remove pressure on the biliary tree and permit the normal drainage of bile
- Retromingent Urinating backwards. Also an animal such as a raccoon that urinates backwards. As in: 'You have revealed…
- Osteodystrophy Osteodystrophy: A bone disorder that adversely affects bone growth. See also renal osteodystrophy.
- Osteomyelitis Inflammation of the bone due to infection, for example by the bacteria salmonella or staphylococcus…
- Chalazion Chalazion: A cyst of the little glands in the eyelids that make a lubricant which they discharge through tiny…
- Transverse A fracture in which the break is across the bone, at a right angle to the long axis of the bone.
- Mutation, hereditary Mutation, hereditary: A heritable change in the DNA of a gene or chromosome in a cell destined to become an…
- Automatism An unconscious movement that may resemble simple repetitive tics or may be a complex sequence of…
- Psychological child abuse Child abuse: Also known as emotional child abuse, this is the third most frequently reported form of child…
- Fish oil, omega-3 A class of fatty acids found in fish oils, especially from salmon and other cold-water fish, that acts to…