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Carpal bone
One of the wrist bones. There are eight carpal bones that are arranged in two rows. The carpal bones articulate (come together to form a joint) proximally (on their near ends) with the long bones of the forearm -- the radius and…
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- USDA US Department of Agriculture
- Zinc sulfate A form of zinc that can be administered in eye drops. It is used in some types of eye tests
- Ailurophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of cats which produces an undue anxiety reaction even though sufferers…
- TGA 1. Transient global amnesia.2. Transposition of the great arteries
- Cyst, Meibomian See: Meibomian cyst
- ApoA-I Milano A variant of apolipoprotein A-I identified in about 40 inhabitants of Limone sul Garde, a small town in rural…
- PAS 1. Physician-assisted suicide. 2. Personal alert system (an alarm system for an elderly or infirm person). 3…
- GALT The enzyme (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) lack of which causes the genetic metabolic disease…
- Enzyme, lysosomal An enzyme in an organelle (a little organ) called the lysosome within the cell. Lysosomal enzymes degrade…