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- Calcaneocuboid joint The calcaneocuboid joint is located in the foot between the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the cuboid…
- Nuclear medicine The branch of medicine concerned with the use of radioisotopes in the diagnosis, management, and treatment of…
- Trip-hammer pulse See: Pulse, water hammer
- Elidel Brand name of pimecrolimus
- IVF In vitro fertilization, a laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri…
- Osteotomy, block Surgical removal a section of bone
- Cortisone An adrenocorticoid hormone, a naturally occurring hormone made by and secreted by the adrenal cortex, the…
- Mold A very large group of microscopic fungi that live on plant or animal matter. Most are filamentous organisms…
- Uteroglobin A protein that is induced by progesterone and binds it and that inhibits the enzyme phospholipase A2 (PLA2)…
- Catatonic 1. Characterized by marked motor abnormalities including immobility (catalepsy or stupor), excessive motor…
- Effusion, pleural See: Pleural effusion