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- Cockles of the heart The ventricles of the heart. If a cup of tea or coffee warms the cockles of your heart, it gives you a…
- Suicide, assisted See: Assisted suicide
- Risk of recurrence In medical genetics, the chance that a genetic (inherited) disease present in a family will recur in that…
- Nerve, oculomotor The oculomotor nerve is the third cranial nerve. (The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the cranium, the…
- Cholangitis, sclerosing See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Ophthalmologist An eye doctor. A physician practicing ophthalmology. An ophthalmologist is an M.D.
- Swimmer's ear Swimmer's ear: Infection of the skin covering the outer ear canal that leads in to the ear drum, usually due…
- Karyokinesis During cell division, the process of partition of a cell's nucleus into the daughter cells. See also…
- Weil syndrome A severe form of leptospirosis with liver disease. See: Leptospirosis
- Hematoma, nasal septum See: Nasal septum hematoma
- IPV Abbreviation for intelligence quotient, an attempt to measure the intelligence of someone. The IQ score is…