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Ultrasound, endoscopic
See: Endoscopic ultrasound
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Show more- Rectus abdominis A large muscle in the front of the abdomen that assists in the regular breathing movement and supports the…
- Intraocular In the eye. The intraocular pressure is the pressure within the eye
- Ostomy An operation to create an opening from an area inside the body to the outside
- Reflex, quadriceps See: Knee jerk
- Aphakia Absence or loss of the eye's natural crystalline lens, as after cataract removal. From a-, without + phacos…
- Agent, antihypertensive As the name suggests, a drug aimed at reducing high blood pressure (hypertension)
- Lymphoma, low-grade See: Low-grade lymphoma
- Law, Hardy-Weinberg Basic concept in population genetics discovered independently in 1908 by the great English mathematician…
- CHARGE syndrome See: CHARGE association
- Naris One of the two nares, the openings to the nasal cavities that allow air to flow in and out or, more simply, a…
- Meibomianitis Inflammation of the little glands called Meibomian glands located in the eyelids that make a lubricant which…
- Bos taurus genome See: Bovine genome