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Patella
The kneecap by another name, the patella is the small bone that is in the front of the knee. The patella is a sesamoid bone, a little bone (sesamoid = like a sesame seed) that is embedded in a joint capsule or tendon, in this case the…
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Show more- Advanced paternal age A man who is age 40 years or older at the time of conception. (There is no universally accepted definition of…
- Doyne honeycomb retinal dystrophy Abbreviated DHRD. An eye disease also known as malattia leventinese. See: Malattia leventinese
- Ebola virus A notoriously deadly virus that causes fearsome symptoms, the most prominent being high fever and massive…
- Vesiculitis Inflammation of a vesicle, and particularly of the seminal vesicles behind the male bladder
- Electrocochleography A test that measures the electrical potentials generated in the inner ear in response to stimulation by…
- Glioma, optic See Optic glioma
- Hypoglycemia unawareness Hypoglycemia unawareness: A complication of diabetes in which the patient is unaware of a deep drop in blood…
- Contact dermatitis, allergic Also called allergic contact eczema, this is a red, itchy, weepy reaction where the skin has come into…
- Age by decade >Denarian: Someone age 10 to 19. >Vicenarian: Someone in his or her twenties. >Tricenarian: Someone in his or…
- Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody See: Citrulline antibody
- Endovascular aneurysm repair Abbreviated (and most often called) EVAR. See: EVAR
- Tandem MS Abbreviation for tandem mass spectrometry. See: Tandem mass spectrometry