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Oxter
The armpit. From the Old English oxta or ohsta. The word oxter is used in certain areas of the world (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England), reminding us that there are many local and colloquial names for parts of the human anatomy…
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- Bernard, Christiaan South African surgeon (1922-2001) who pioneered cardiac transplantation. Dr. Bernard did the world's first…
- Regurgitation, aortic See: Aortic regurgitation
- Black American See: African American
- Type 2 myotonic dystrophy See: Myotonic dystrophy type 2
- Barbat skullcap See: Scutellaria barbata
- Roach-2 Or roaches. Street term for Rohypnol
- Automated external defibrillator A device that automatically analyzes the heart rhythm and, if it detects a problem that may respond to an…
- Pericentric chromosome inversion A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that includes the centromere (and so is…
- PSC (primary sclerosing cholangitis) See: Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- Pineoblastoma A fast-growing brain tumor in the pineal gland that originates in germ cells. Also known as a pineal teratoma