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Endochondral bone
Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the process of calcification. The cartilage is then resorbed (reabsorbed), leaving bone in its place. Many bones are formed this way…
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- Osteoclastoma A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone…
- Carcinoid tumor A tumor which secretes large amounts of the hormone serotonin. Carcinoid tumor is also called an…
- Cosmid DNA from a bacterial virus into which is spliced a small fragment of a genome to be amplified and sequenced…
- Diplopia The condition in which a single object appears as two objects. Also called 'double vision.' From the Greek…
- Pulmonary valve One of the four valves in the heart, the pulmonary valve stands at the opening from the right ventricle in…
- Neural Having to do with nerve cells
- Flavoproteins Flavoproteins are yellow proteins that serve as enzymes critical to the ability of cells in the body to…
- Cycle, menstrual See: Menstrual cycle
- Contraceptive, pill Commonly called 'the pill,' combined oral contraceptives are the most commonly used form of reversible birth…
- Trunk, pulmonary See: Pulmonary trunk
- Code blue While there is no formal definition for a 'Code,' doctors often use the term as slang to refer to a patient…