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Meniscus
The word 'meniscus' comes from the Greek and refers to a crescent-shaped structure. Today a meniscus is something that is shaped like a crescent moon or a croissant pastry. A meniscus can be an anatomic feature. For example, the medial…
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- Inch In length, 1/12th of foot or 1/36 of a yard or, metrically, 2.54 centimeters. The inch, along with the foot…
- Pulse, pistol-shot See: Pulse, water hammer
- Fibrillin 1 See: FBN1
- Frenum A restraining structure. Frenum is Latin for a bridle. A small frenum is a frenulum
- External genitalia, female See: Female external genitalia
- LUL Acronym for the left upper lobe (of the lung). The left lung has but two lobes. The other lobe is naturally…
- Genome, Saccharomyces cerevisiae The genome of the bacterium that causes cholera. This genome contains over 4 million bases in its DNA…
- Atropine A drug obtained from belladonna that is administered via injection, eye drops, or in oral form to relax…
- LAC encephalitis LaCrosse encephalitis, one of the main types of encephalitis caused by an arbovirus in the US. An arbovirus…
- Nasal prosthesis An artificial device to replace part or all of a missing nose
- Dorsal The back or posterior side of a structure. "Dorsum" is the Latin word for the back. Something pertaining to…