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Enophthalmos
Sunken eyeball.
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- Mitosis Ordinary division of a body cell (a somatic cell) to form two daughter cells, each with the same chromosome…
- Neuralgia, ciliary A distinctive syndrome of headaches, better known today as cluster headache. There are two main clinical…
- Psychiatrist A physician (an M.D.) who specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illness…
- Corneal dystrophy, lattice See: Lattice dystrophy
- Thrombotic disease due to protein C deficiency Protein C is a protein in plasma that enters into the cascade of biochemical events leading to the formation…
- Optic nerve pathways The left and right branches of the optic nerves join behind the eyes, just in front of the pituitary gland…
- Sagittal A crucial large vein that goes over the top of the skull from front to back and then splits to take blood…
- Rib >True ribs: The first seven ribs attach to the sternum (the breast bone) in the front and are known as true…
- Cholecystitis Inflammation of the gallbladder, a complication of gallstones which are formed by cholesterol and pigment…