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Nerve, glossopharyngeal
The glossopharyngeal nerve is the ninth cranial nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve included, emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral column. The…
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- Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) A human hormone made by chorionic cells in the fetal part of the placenta. Human chorionic gonadotropin…
- Referred pain Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is situated. An example is the pain from the pancreas, which…
- Hansen's bacillus See: Hansen bacillus
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- Abse, Dannie British pulmonary physician and poet. Abse was born in 1923 in Cardiff, Wales to a Jewish family. He studied…
- Cracked tooth syndrome A toothache caused by a broken tooth (tooth fracture) without associated cavity or advanced gum disease…
- Anatomy in the Bible There are in the Bible but few direct references to the internal organs. Biblical poetry, however, abounds…
- Phlebo- (prefix) Means vein. From the Greek 'phleps', vein, which came from the root 'phlein', to gush or overflow. Appears in…
- Horror autotoxicus Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the great German bacteriologist and immunologist…
- Biotechnology The fusion of biology and technology. Biotechnology is the application of biological techniques to product…