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Vesicles
In dermatology, vesicles are small blisters, most often on the skin. Vesicles also can crop up on the mucous membranes, such as the buccal mucosa (the lining of the mouth). In anatomy, a vesicle is any small pouch. The word vesicle comes…
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- Cervical cerclage The surgical placement of a purse-string suture around an incompetent cervix, one that is abnormally liable…
- Ophthalmoscopy Examination of the interior of the eye, including the lens, retina and optic nerve, by indirect or direct…
- SNP A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base…
- Level 1 biosafety >Level 1 -- This level applies to agents that do not ordinarily cause human disease. >Level 2 -- This level…
- Tophus A nodular mass of uric acid crystals. Tophi are characteristically deposited in different soft tissue areas…
- Epiphenomenon 1. An additional symptom or condition that appears during the course of a disease. A doctor might ask if you…
- Hecht syndrome A striking genetic disorder in which abnormally short muscles in the jaw make it impossible to open the mouth…
- Niemann-Pick disease A biochemical disorder affecting a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin, resulting usually in progressive…
- Anorectic 1. Pertaining to anorexia, lack of appetite.2. A drug or other agent that causes anorexia and so diminishes…
- PARK4 Familial Parkinson disease type 4
- Yersinia pestis The bacteria that causes the bubonic plague which in the year 541 (as the Black Death) and later in the…