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Film
Slang shortening of X-ray film, an X-ray, a radiograph
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- Population, study See: Study population
- Anaphia The inability to feel touch. From the Greek prefix an, not + Greek haphe, touch = inability to (feel) touch…
- Calculus 1. A stone within the body, such as a stone in the urinary tract. 2. The calcium salt deposits on the teeth…
- Anlagen The plural of anlage. See: Anlage
- Nonseminoma A classification of testicular cancers that arise in specialized sex cells called germ cells. Nonseminomas…
- Labra The plural of labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint)…
- Seizure, local See: Partial seizure
- Antithyroglobulin An antibody directed against thyroglobulin which is a key protein in the thyroid gland essential to the…
- Pain, breast Pain in the breast or mammary gland, known medically as mastalgia. From the Greek masto-, breast + algos, pain
- Dural sac The membranous sac that encases the spinal cord within the bony structure of the vertebral column. Dural…