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Infection, Vincent
This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead tissue from the mouth and throat due to the spread of infection from the gums. Certain germs (including fusiform bacteria and…
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- Hydroxyapatite Hydroxyapatite: A major component and an essential ingredient of normal bone and teeth. Hydroxyapatite makes…
- Pantothenic acid Pantothenic acid is vitamin B5, one of the less well known B vitamins, perhaps because it is widely…
- Extradural hematoma See: Epidural hematoma
- Palpebral gland See: Meibomian gland
- Labyrinth The maze of canals in the inner ear. The labyrinth is the portion of the ear that is responsible for sensing…
- Syndrome, Perrault See: Perrault syndrome
- Food insecure When people must live with hunger and fear starvation
- Male genitalia The genital organs of the male. These are usually separated by convention into the external and internal…
- Chondroplasia The formation of cartilage by specialized cells called chondrocytes
- Necrotizing gingivitis This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Cystinuria Cystinuria: An inherited (genetic) disorder of the transport of an amino acid (a building block of protein)…