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Epicardium
The inner layer of the pericardium, a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened, loosely cloaks the…
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- Allergy, honey bee See: Honey bee allergy
- Connexon A special type of protein composed of an assembly of six subunits that are called connexins. A connexon of…
- Metatarsal One of the five cylindrical bones extending from the heel (the tarsus) to the toes on each foot. The…
- Olive In neuroanatomy, a rounded oval prominence on the surface of the medulla oblongata in the brain. There are…
- Paterson-Kelly syndrome See: Plummer-Vinson syndrome
- Epidermal growth factor EGF
- Nullipara A woman who has never given birth to a child.
- Hemiplegia Paralysis of one side of the body. From hemi- (half) + plege (a blow, stroke)
- Syndrome, Achoo A disorder characterized by nearly uncontrollable paroxysms of sneezing provoked in a reflex fashion by the…
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- CSF 1. Cerebrospinal fluid.2. Colony-stimulating factor