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Labra
The plural of labrum, a ring of fibrocartilage (fibrous cartilage) around the edge of the articular (joint) surface of a bone. In Latin, 'labrum' means 'lip.' The term is generally used to designate a lip, edge, or brim.
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- Blood dyscrasia Blood disease
- Klippel-Feil deformity See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Meningitis vaccine This term usually refers to a vaccine used to prevent meningococcal meningitis, an inflammation of the…
- Warfarin Warfarin: An anticoagulant drug (brand names: Coumarin, Panwarfin, Sofarin) taken to prevent the blood from…
- Hyperparathyroidism Hyperparathyroidism: Too much parathyroid hormone resulting in abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood…
- Gingivitis, fusospirochetal This is trench mouth, a progressive painful infection with ulceration, swelling and sloughing off of dead…
- Dioxin One of a number of poisonous petroleum-derived chemicals which are produced when herbicides (substances used…
- Chemosense The chemical sensing system. The sense of smell is part of our chemical sensing system, or the chemosenses
- Anemia, congenital See: Congenital anemia
- Artificial nose See: Nasal prosthesis