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Nerves, cranial
Nerves that emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. Cranial nerves come directly from the brain through the skull. There are 12 cranial nerves each of which is…
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- Epstein-Barr virus A virus, abbreviated EBV, best known as the cause of infectious mononucleosis ('mono'). Infection with EBV is…
- Karyotype A standard arrangement of the chromosome complement done for chromosome analysis. For example, a normal human…
- Thanatophobia An abnormal and excessive fear of death
- Progesterone A female hormone and the principal progestational hormone that is made mainly by the corpus luteum in the…
- Sociopathic personality disorder See: Antisocial personality disorder
- Postpartum In the period just after delivery, as with postpartum depression. Postpartum refers to the mother and…
- NIAMS Stands for National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, one of the National…
- McCune-Albright syndrome Abbreviation (not only for McDonald's but also) for a number of entities in medicine including minimal change…
- Pleurae Pleural of pleura (the thin covering that protects and cushions the lungs)