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Elbow subluxation
See: Nursemaid's elbow
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- Ischium Bone making up the lower down back part of the pelvis
- Whipple disease A form of intestinal malabsorption (an inability to absorb nutrients from the intestine) described in 1907 by…
- Vesical Refers to the urinary bladder. The word comes from the Latin vesica meaning a bag or bladder
- Mask of pregnancy Muddy-brown pigmentation on the cheeks or elsewhere on the face that develops in about half of all women…
- Sac, yolk See: Yolk sac
- Acuity test, visual This test measures how well you see at various distances. It is the familiar eye chart test. The eye chart…
- MSTN The gene for myostatin
- Syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSDS) A condition that features a group of typical symptoms, including pain (often 'burning' type), tenderness, and…
- Birth cohort A group of people born during a particular period or year
- Synaptic cleft The tiny space between two nerve cells across which the neurotransmitter acetylcholine diffuses