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Sarcoma, soft tissue
See: Soft tissue sarcoma
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- Male breast cancer Male breast cancer: See: Breast cancer, male.
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- Endodermal Pertaining to the endoderm or to tissues derived from the endoderm
- Shoulder dislocation Displacement of the ball of the shoulder joint (the top rounded portion of the upper arm bone, or humerus)…
- Auditory acuity The clarity or clearness of hearing, a measure of how well a person hears. Auditory acuity is what is…
- Winter depression See: Tooth, wisdom.
- Diabesity Diabetes caused by overweight or obesity. From diabetes + obesity. Synonymous with the usual form of type 2…
- Transplant, hand and forearm Transplantation of the hand and the forearm from one person (a deceased donor) to another (the recipient). In…
- Chromosome, dicentric A chromosome in the stage of the cell cycle (the sequence of events in the life of a cell) when a chromosome…