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Nonepidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma
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- Sand, biliary Biliary sand is a term mostly used by surgeons when they remove the gallbladder to describe uncountable…
- Thermometer A device used to measure the temperature of gaseous, liquid or solid matter or of a chemical reaction such as…
- Sputum The mucus and other matter brought up from the lungs, bronchi, and trachea that one may cough up and spit out…
- Disease, Legg-Calve-Perthes See Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease
- Toothache Toothache: Pain in or near a tooth. Also called odontalgia. The most common cause of a toothache is a dental…
- Scrofulous 1. Literally, relating to scrofula (tuberculosis of the lymph nodes, particularly of the neck). 2…
- Neutral posture The posture when the joints are not bent and the spine is aligned and not twisted. Working in neutral…
- Auditory integration training An experimental procedure for reducing painful hypersensitivity to sound. It has proved beneficial for some…
- Cerebral Pertaining to the brain, the cerebrum or the intellect. The word 'cerebral' was borrowed directly from the…
- Vein, portal A large vein that carries blood from the stomach and the intestines to the liver. The portal vein is formed…
- Parathyroid gland A gland that regulates calcium, located behind the thyroid gland in the neck. The parathyroid gland secretes…