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Dental drill
A device that dentists use to drill into teeth. Primitive dental drills were used in the 18th and early 19th centuries. In 1868, American dentist George F. Green added power to the drill with a pneumatic version run by a pedal-powered…
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Show more- Ergonomics The science of making things fit people instead of asking people to fit things. Ergonomics uses knowledge…
- Tarantism A disease once thought to result from the bite of the tarantula spider. This extraordinary affliction was…
- Crypt In anatomy, a crypt is variously a blind alley, a tube with no exit, a depression, or a pit -- in an…
- Radiofrequency ablation Radiofrequency ablation: The use of electrodes to generate heat and destroy abnormal tissue. In…
- Film Slang shortening of X-ray film, an X-ray, a radiograph
- Foot-drop brace See Ankle-foot orthosis
- Achillobursitis Pain due to inflammation of the bursa associated with the Achilles tendon. . The Achilles tendon is one of…
- Bone, heel A somewhat rectangular bone at the back of the foot. The words 'calcaneus' and 'calcium' are related…
- Autosomal recessive A genetic condition that appears only in individuals who have received two copies of an autosomal gene, one…
- Syndromic Part of a syndrome. Hearing loss, for instance, can be syndromic or nonsyndromic
- Oxter The armpit. From the Old English oxta or ohsta. The word oxter is used in certain areas of the world…
- Journal of the National Cancer Institute Cancer Institute: A medical journal sponsored by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National…