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Prosthesis
An artificial substitute or replacement of a part of the body such as a tooth, eye, a facial bone, the palate, a hip, a knee or another joint, the leg, an arm, etc. A prosthesis is designed for functional or cosmetic reasons or both. A…
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- Hemihyperhidrosis Hyperhidrosis (excess sweating) confined to one side of the body. Hemihyperhidrosis may occur after a stroke
- Conditioning 1) Exercise and practice to build the body up for either improved normal performance, as in physical therapy…
- Hypercapnia More than the normal level of carbon dioxide in the blood. Hypercapnia is as opposed to hypocapnia and…
- Cervix The cervix is the lower, narrow part of the uterus (womb). The uterus, a hollow, pear-shaped organ, is…
- EXIT Stands for ex utero intrapartum treatment. Surgery on the fetus may be done after a Cesarean section, but…
- Causes of cancer Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Benign tumors are not cancer; malignant tumors are…
- Ventricle, right The ventricles are the two lower chambers of the heart. The right ventricle is the chamber that receives…
- Nerve, accessory See: Accessory nerve
- Aspartame A man-made sweetener with almost no calories used in place of sugar. A diet program with aspartame and…
- Sexually transmitted diseases in women Women can contract all of the venereal diseases, but may have no symptoms, or have different symptoms than…
- Diploe The soft spongy material between the inside table and outside table (the interior and exterior bony plates)…