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Supernumerary digit
An extra finger or toe
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- Endorphin One of the body's own painkillers, an opioid (morphine-like) chemical produced by the body that serves to…
- Sprue, nontropical This condition results from an immune (allergic) reaction to gluten, a protein found in wheat and related…
- Axillary Pertaining to the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and the body, better known as the armpit. The word…
- Fracture, compound A fracture in which the bone is sticking through the skin. Also called an open fracture. NTER> A fracture is…
- Compassionate use Term used in the US for a method of providing experimental therapeutics prior to final FDA approval for use…
- Chyle A fluid consisting of a mixture of lymphatic fluid (lymph) and chylomicrons that has a milky appearance…
- Homolog (homologue) One chromosome of a pair.
- Gamma knife A type of radiosurgery (radiation therapy) machine that acts by focusing low-dosage gamma radiation from many…
- Disease, Fabry See: Fabry disease