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Cheek
The side of the face forming the side wall of the mouth. The cheek bone is part of the temporal bone of the skull that provides the prominence of the cheek. The word 'cheek' comes from the Middle English 'cheke' meaning the fleshy part of…
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- Analytic sensitivity The lowest level of a substance that can be detected by an analytic method
- Juvenile polyposis coli See: Juvenile polyposis
- Varco See: Varco, Richard L.
- Dinucleotide A sequence of 2 base pairs. A trinucleotide (a triplet of base pairs) may be split into a dinucleotide and a…
- Surgery, GERD (fundoplication) A surgical technique that strengthens the barrier to acid reflux when the lower esophageal sphincter does not…
- DNA repair The body has a series of special enzymes to repair mutations (changes) in the DNA and restore the DNA to its…
- System, locomotive The system that permits locomotion, movement from one place to another. The key components of this system are…
- Cramping leg pain A serious disease characterized by inflammation of the walls of the blood vessels (vasculitis). The vessels…
- Disease, Forestier A severe form of hemorrhagic fever which affects both humans and non-human primates. Caused by a genetically…
- Syndrome, Guillain-Barre See: Guillain-Barre syndrome
- Pancreatic Having to do with the pancreas, a spongy, tube-shaped organ about 6 inches long. It is located in the back of…