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Synovial sarcoma
A malignant sarcoma of soft tissue that arises near but not in a joint, most often in an adolescent or young adult, is typically slow-growing, and may escapes notice until it causes pain. These tumors occur mainly in the arms or legs in…
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- Expressed sequence tag (EST) A unique stretch of DNA within a coding region of a gene that is useful for identifying full-length genes and…
- DGS See: DiGeorge syndrome
- Eighth cranial nerve The eighth cranial nerve is the vestibulocochlear nerve. The vestibulocochlear nerve is responsible for the…
- Palate, soft The muscular part of the roof of the mouth. The soft palate is directly behind the hard palate. It lacks bone…
- Achillobursitis Pain due to inflammation of the bursa associated with the Achilles tendon. . The Achilles tendon is one of…
- Genome, Haemophilus influenzae See: H. flu genome
- Dupuytren, Guillaume (1777-1835) The leading French surgeon of the early part of the 19th century. Dupuytren reported the…
- Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin): Aspirin is a good example of a tradename that has entered into the language…
- Oral rehydration therapy The administration of special fluids by mouth treat dehydration. Abbreviated ORT. See also: Oral rehydration…
- Respiratory insufficiency The condition in which the lungs cannot take in sufficient oxygen or expell sufficient carbon dioxide to meet…
- NK cell See Natural killer cell