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Sprain, metatarsophalangeal joint
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- Tocus Labor, childbirth. Directly from the Greek 'tokos' meaning childbirth
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- Pancreas A fish-shaped spongy grayish-pink organ about 6 inches (15 cm) long that stretches across the back of the…
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- Syndrome, MASS A heritable disorder of connective tissue characterized by involvement of the mitral valve, aorta, skeleton…
- Adduction Movement of a limb toward the midline of the body. The opposite of adduction is abduction. An adductor muscle…
- Para- (prefix) A prefix with many meanings, including: alongside of, beside, near, resembling, beyond, apart from, and…
- Sequence, complementary Nucleic acid sequence of bases that can form a double- stranded structure by matching base pairs. For…
- Annotate In genetics, to identify the locations and the coding regions of genes in a genome and determine what those…
- Lipodystrophy A disorder of adipose (fatty) tissue characterized by a selective loss of body fat. Patients with…
- Thyroid storm Thyroid storm is a severe, life-threatening condition caused by an excess of thyroid hormone. A number of…