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Mandible
The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal bone is called the temporomandibular joint.
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- Posthitis Inflammation of the prepuce (the foreskin of the penis). In the uncircumcised male, posthitis and balanitis…
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- Subq Abbreviation for subcutaneous. Subcutaneous means under the skin. It implies just under the skin. With a…
- Body mass index A key index for relating a person's body weight to their height. The body mass index (BMI) is a person's…
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