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Meatus
An opening or passageway. For example, the female urethral meatus. The urethra is the transport tube from the bladder to the outside of the body. In females the urethra is shorter than in the male. The meatus of the female urethra is just…
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- Thyroid insufficiency See: Hypothyroidism
- Vein, brachial A vein that accompanies the brachial artery between the shoulder and the elbow. The route of the brachial…
- Split-hand/split-foot malformation A genetic malformation syndrome of the limbs with syndactyly, median clefts of the hands and feet, and…
- Huntington disease Huntington disease: An hereditary disorder with mental and physical deterioration leading to death. Although…
- Sexploitation The exploitation of sex, often for commercial purposes. The term is a mid-20th century merger of sex and…
- Recalcitrant Stubborn. For example, a recalcitrant case of pneumonia stubbornly resists treatment
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- Clinical 1. Having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. 2. Applicable to patients. A laboratory test…
- Islets of Langerhans Known as the insulin-producing tissue, the islets of Langerhans do more than that. They are groups of…
- Tetralogy of Fallot A combination of four heart defects that are present together at birth, accounting for about 10% of all…
- Tendonopathy Any disease or dysfunction of a tendon, The form of tendonopathy is named for the affected tendon, as in…