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Collarbone
A horizontal bone above the first rib that makes up the front part of the shoulder. The collarbone, also called the 'clavicle,' links the sternum, or breastbone, with the scapula, a triangular bone in the back of the shoulder. The…
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Show more- Renal artery stenosis Renal artery stenosis: Narrowing of the major artery that supplies blood to the kidney. Renal artery stenosis…
- Fredrickson See: Fredrickson, Donald
- Femicide The killing of women. For example, AIDS in Africa has been termed 'mass femicide.' Femicide is in contrast to…
- Diurnal Occurring in the daytime. A patient may have a diurnal fever rather than a nocturnal one. Diurnal also can…
- Ophthalmic veins The orbital cavity is drained by paired veins called the superior and inferior ophthalmic veins. The superior…
- Horror autotoxicus Literally, the horror of self-toxicity. A term coined by the great German bacteriologist and immunologist…
- Tick-borne rickettsioses of the eastern hemisphere There are 3 known diseases caused by infection with rickettsial agents. They are North Asian tick-borne…
- Turf toe An injury to the big toe due to forced hyperextension (upward bending back) of the toe. The damage is to the…
- Rodney K. Beals See: Beals, Rodney K.
- Amini Amini, Fariborz
- Receptor 1. In cell biology, a structure on the surface of a cell (or inside a cell) that selectively receives and…
- Position, anatomical See: Anatomical position