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- Ringing in the ears Medically called tinnitus, this can arise in any of 'the four sections of the ear' -- the outer ear, the…
- Ossicle Any small bone, such as the tiny bones within the human ear
- Rib, cervical A extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. It is located above the normal first rib. A…
- Womyn Woman. A late 20th century feminist creation to avoid the suffix man
- Gyri The plural of gyrus