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Ossification
The process of creating bone, that is of transforming cartilage (or fibrous tissue) into bone. The human skeleton initially consists largely of cartilage which is relatively soft and is gradually transformed into hard bone during infant…
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- Living will A living will is one form of advance medical directive. Advance medical directives pertain to treatment…
- Toilet 1. In medicine, cleansing of a wound and the skin around it. 2. In obstetrics, cleansing of a woman just…
- Muscle, cardiac A type of muscle with unique features only found in the heart. The cardiac muscle is the muscle of the heart…
- Calcified granuloma A calcified granuloma is a granuloma containing calcium deposits. Since it usually takes some time for…
- Evert To turn outward or turn inside out. To evert the foot is to move its forepart away from the midline of the…
- Electron microscope Abbreviated EM. Microscopy in which an electron beam replaces light to form the image. EM has its pluses…
- Pregnancy, pernicious vomiting of Medically known as hyperemesis gravidarum, this is excessive vomiting in early pregnancy. By definition…
- Bed bug A blood-sucking bug in the Cimex family that lives hidden in bedding or furniture, coming out at night to…
- RAD51 An enzyme that coordinates recombination and that is important to the process of error-free DNA repair by…
- Ventricle, cerebral One of a system of four communicating cavities within the brain that are continuous with the central canal of…