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Aseptic bursitis
Inflammation of a bursa that is not caused by infection. A bursa is a closed fluid-filled sac that functions as a gliding surface to reduce friction between tissues of the body. When the bursa becomes inflamed, the condition is known as…
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- CISM Critical incident stress management
- Base-excision repair See: Base excision repair
- Infection, roundworm Infection from a type of parasitic worm that hatches in the intestines and lives there. The eggs of the…
- Molars Molars are the large teeth at the back of the mouth.
- Artificial insemination by husband (AIH) A procedure in which a fine catheter (tube) is inserted through the cervix (the natural opening of the…
- Arhythmia We do not usually give a misspelling but this is a frequent misspelling of arrhythmia (with two r's), meaning…
- Congenital osseus-torticollis syndrome See: Klippel-Feil sequence
- Shotgun sequencing An approach used to decode a genome by shredding ('shotgunning') it into smaller fragments of DNA which can…
- Prenatal care During pregnancy, women should receive regular health care from an obstetrician or midwife. Services needed…
- Lung cancer, non-small cell Lung cancer, non-small cell: Cancer of the lung which is not of the small cell carcinoma (oat cell carcinoma)…
- BMPR1A A gene located on chromosome 10 in band 10q22.3 that encodes bone morphogenic protein receptor 1A, a kinase…