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Show more- Cemento-ossifying fibroma A hard fibrous growth that continues to enlarge, sometimes to very significant size, unless treated, most…
- Photocoagulation The coagulation (clotting) of tissue using a laser which produces light in the visible green wavelength that…
- Abiotic 1. Not associated with living organisms.2. Anything in the environment incapable of life, such as the soil or…
- Pelizaeus-Merzbacher-like disease A disease that is virtually identical to Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) but without a mutation in the…
- Blackhead A familiar term for what is medically called an open comedo. A comedo, the primary sign of acne, consists of…
- Chorionic villus sampling Chorionic villus sampling: A procedure for first-trimester prenatal diagnosis. Chorionic villus sampling may…
- Septum, heart The septum of the heart is the dividing wall between the right and left sides of the heart. That portion of…
- Night sweats Night sweats: Severe hot flashes which occur at night and result in a drenching sweat. Night sweats can have…
- Genome, Drosophila See: Drosophila genome
- Metabolomics The global analysis of metabolites, small molecules generated in the process of metabolism. See also…
- Inguinal canal A passage in the lower anterior abdominal wall which in the male allows passage of the spermatic cord and in…
- Culdoscopy The introduction of a viewing tube (called an endoscope or culdoscope) through the end of the vagina into the…