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Radial
>Pertaining to the radius, the smaller bone in the forearm. The radial artery is so named because of its proximity to the radius. >Pertaining to the radius of a circle. >Spreading from a central point. A radial keratotomy is an eye…
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Show more- Muscular atrophy, post-polio (PPMA) Late muscle wasting that occurs as part of the post-polio syndrome (PPS), a constellation of symptoms and…
- Tetrapeptide A peptide consisting of four amino acids
- Vaccinia, congenital See Congenital vaccinia
- SHP Schonlein-Henoch purpura
- Fear of drinking alcohol An abnormal and persistent fear of drinking alcohol. Sufferers of this fear experience undue anxiety about…
- Malariology The study of malaria. Someone who is versed in malariology is a malariologist
- Parathyroid insufficiency See: Hypoparathyroidism
- Foramen, neural See: Intervertebral foramen
- Menstrual spotting The presence of apparent menstrual blood during the wrong parts of the menstrual cycle. Some women have a…
- Brill-Zinsser disease Recrudescence of epidemic typhus years after the initial attack. The agent that causes epidemic typhus…
- Treatment, PUVA See: PUVA
- Carditis Inflammation of the heart