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- Apical The adjective for apex, the tip of a pyramidal or rounded structure, like the lung or the heart. For example…
- Lactobacillus A bacterium normally found in the mouth, intestinal tract, and vagina. Lactobacillus can also live in…
- Oculoplastics Eye plastic and reconstructive surgery., a specialized area of ophthalmology that focuses on the eyelids and…
- Stewart See: Stewart, Alice
- Osteotomy Taking out part or all of a bone, or cutting into or through bone.
- Metagene A pattern of gene expression. Not an actual gene. 'We identified aggregate patterns of gene expression…
- Rock (drug) A street name given to cocaine that has been processed from cocaine hydrochloride to a ready-to-use free base…
- Midnight children Term applied sometimes to children with xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disease with such extraordinary…
- Brachial artery The artery that runs from the shoulder down to the elbow
- Four-finger crease See: Simian crease