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Hallux valgus
A big toe (the hallux) that is bent outward (valgus) so it overlaps the 2nd toe. A bunion is a localized painful swelling at the base of the big toe that can accompany hallux valgus. It is frequently associated with inflammation. It can be…
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Show more- Benzodiazepines A class of drugs that act as tranquilizers and are commonly used in the treatment of anxiety. Benzodiazepines…
- Long-term memory A system for permanently storing, managing, and retrieving information for later use. Items of information…
- Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte A T cell that is antigen-specific and is able to search out and kill specific types of virus-infected cells…
- State, hypercoagulable A hypercoagulable state is the medical term for a condition in which there is an abnormally increased…
- Fear of public places This irrational fear is called agoraphobia. It applies to open areas, especially those from which escape…
- Salutary Healthful. Promoting health or well-being; wholesome. From the French salutaire, from the Latin salutaris…
- Papillary muscle Small muscles within the heart that anchor the heart valves. The anchor ropes are the chordae tendineae…
- CDNA Complementary DNA. cDNA is single-stranded DNA made in the laboratory from a messenger RNA template under the…
- Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase See:AANAT
- Encephalitis, West Nile A febrile disease caused by the West Nile virus that is transmitted from birds to the common Culex mosquito…
- System, locomotive The system that permits locomotion, movement from one place to another. The key components of this system are…
- Fallopian tube One of the two Fallopian tubes that transport the egg from the ovary to the uterus (the womb). In the…