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Imperforate anus
A congenital malformation (a birth defect) in which the rectum is a blind alley (a cul-de-sac) and there is no anus. The anus is imperforate in the sense that the normal perforation we call the anus is absent. The end of the intestinal…
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- Glycine An amino acid, one of the 20 building blocks of protein. A nonessential amino acid, glycine is part of many…
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- Cutaneous Relating to the skin. As, for example, in cutaneous allodynia, a cutaneous papilloma, and cutaneous…