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Phrenology
The study of variations in size, shape, and proportion of the cranium. Phrenology was a pseudoscience of the 18th and 19th centuries based on the belief that a person's character could be learned by looking with care at the shape of their…
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Show more- Nodes, Osler's A diagnostic sign of bacterial infection of the heart (subacute bacterial endocarditis). These are small (the…
- Radiomimetic Imitating radiation. A radiomimetic drug is one that imitates the effects of radiation as in the case of…
- Joint aspiration A common benign childhood condition involving hypermobile joints (that can move beyond the normal range of…
- Placental stage of labor The part of labor from the birth of the baby until the placenta (afterbirth) and fetal membranes are…
- Diabetic xanthoma See: Eruptive xanthoma
- Gum disease Gum disease: Inflammation of the soft tissue (gingiva) and abnormal loss of bone that surrounds the teeth and…
- Swallower In the drug trade, an individual used as a drug courier. Also called a body packer. See: Body packer
- Omphalocele A birth defect in which part of the intestine, covered only by a thin transparent membrane, protrudes outside…
- Incontinentia pigmenti In medicine, the time from the moment of exposure to an infectious agent until signs and symptoms of the…
- Pallidum Part of what are called the basal ganglia of the brain which consist of the globus pallidus and the ventral…
- Mapping Charting the location of genes on chromosomes.
- Lesion Pronounced 'lee-sion' with the emphasis on the 'lee,' a lesion can be almost any abnormality involving any…