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Show more- Testicular self-examination A monthly procedure for detecting the early signs of testicular cancer. Men should check the testes visually…
- Posteroanterior In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- Myotonic dystrophy An inherited disease in which the muscles contract but have decreasing power to relax -- this phenomenon is…
- Synaptic cleft The tiny space between two nerve cells across which the neurotransmitter acetylcholine diffuses
- Asthmatic 1. Pertaining to asthma as, for example, asthmatic bronchitis.2. A person with asthma
- Achromatopsia An hereditary disorder of sight due to a lack of cone vision - that type of vision provided by the cone…
- Serum amyloid A A superfamily of acute-phase proteins. The level of serum amyloid A (SAA) in the blood increases dramatically…
- Emotional eating Emotional eating: Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food -- usually 'comfort'…
- Richard L. Varco See: Varco, Richard L.
- Stromal Pertaining to the stroma of an organ. See: Stroma
- Stool The solid matter discharged in a bowel movement
- Disease, Vrolik's Osteogenesis imperfecta type II, an inherited connective tissue disorder with very severe bone fragility, the…