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- Embolus Something that travels through the bloodstream, lodges in a blood vessel and blocks it. Examples of emboli…
- Neck dissection A surgical procedure in which the neck is opened -- to 'dissect' means to 'cut apart' -- in order to…
- Urine infection in children See: Urinary tract infection in children
- Cranial nerve IX The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…
- Parthenogenesis Development of a germ cell without fertilization. This is what happens in the formation of ovarian teratomas…
- Caliciviridae See: Calicivirus; Norovirus
- Protein kinase A An enzyme system that is activated by cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) and that catalyzes the activity…
- Anterior The front, as opposed to the posterior. The anterior surface of the heart is toward the breast bone (the…
- Nephritis, acute Sudden inflammation of the kidney. Diagnosis is by finding blood or protein in the urine. There is often…
- Auricular Of or pertaining to the outer ear. Adjective form of auricle. (Not to be confused with avuncular which refers…
- Female urethral opening The urethra is the transport tube leading from the bladder to discharge urine outside the body. In females…