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Cutis anserina
Better known as goose bumps, a temporary local change in the skin when it becomes rougher due to erection of little muscles, as from cold, fear, or excitement. The chain of events leading to this skin change starts with a stimulus such as…
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- Eyelids, adult ptosis of the Drooping of the upper eyelids in adults, most commonly due to separation of the tendon of the lid-lifting…
- Wilms tumor An inherited disorder in which too much copper accumulates in the body. Although the accumulation of copper…
- FLAP A gene that helps make a leukotriene, a signal that activates the white blood cells involved in inflammation…
- Inhibitor, ACE See: ACE inhibitor
- Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation: A new technique in which stem cells are obtained from a patient's…
- Anetoderma An area of slack 'baglike' skin due to a local absence or loss of elastic fibers in the skin. The skin…
- Hydrocephaly Also known as hydrocephalus, this is an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles of…
- Choana (Plural: choanae) The passageway from the back of one side of the nose to the throat. There are two choanae…
- C-section Short for Caesarian section, a procedure in which a baby, rather than being born vaginally, is surgically…
- Fear of crossing streets Abnormal and persistent fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares; fear of thoroughfares…