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Body packing
The practice of internally concealing illicit drugs. See: Body packer
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Show more- Solar keratosis Synonymous with actinic keratosis. See: Keratosis, actinic
- Ephelides The plural of ephelis, a type of freckle. Ephelis and ephelides are among the many medical terms that are…
- Olecranon Of or pertaining to the bony tip of the elbow. The olecranon is, in fact, the near end of the ulna, the bone…
- Regress To return or go back, particularly to return to a pattern of behavior or level of skill characteristic of a…
- Liver transplantation, living donor See: Living donor liver transplantation
- Vaginal fornix The anterior (front) and posterior (back) recesses into which the upper vagina is divided. These vaultlike…
- Particle, alpha A tiny mass of material composed of two protons and two neutrons. Alpha particles do not travel very far from…
- Irradiation, food See: Food irradiation
- Achromycin See: Tetracycline
- Ankle sprain A common musculoskeletal injury in which the ligaments of the ankle partially or completely tear due to…
- Sphingomyelin lipoidosis Also called Niemann-Pick disease, this is a disorder of the metabolism of a lipid (fat) called sphingomyelin…
- Th3 A distinct type of T-helper cell. See: T-helper cell