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Epicondylitis
Epicondylitis is an inflammation or damage to the area of an epicondyle of bone. An epicondyle is a projection of bone above a condyle (a rounded prominence at the end of a bone, usually where the bone connects to another bone) where…
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- Iron overload Iron overload: Iron overload can damage the heart, liver, gonads and other organs. Iron overload is a…
- Lip, cleft The presence of one or two vertical fissures (clefts) in the upper lip -- cleft lip can be on one side only…
- Ounce A measure of weight equal to 1/16th of a pound or, metrically, 28.35 grams. The abbreviation for ounce is oz…
- Bartholin's glands A pair of glands between the vulva and the vagina that produce lubrication in response to stimulation. With a…
- RF Rheumatoid factor. Rheumatoid factor is an antibody that is measurable in the blood. It is commonly used as a…
- Stickler's syndrome See: Stickler syndrome
- VIG Vaccinia immune globulin
- Prosthesis, nasal See: Nasal prosthesis
- Annotate In genetics, to identify the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determine what those…
- Heterotrisomy Trisomy of different chromosomes. The occurrence of two children in the same family, one with trisomy 18 and…
- Vitreous type Stickler syndrome Stickler syndrome, type I. See: Stickler syndrome