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Orbital fracture
A break in one of the bones that make up the orbit. Since the orbit is the seat of the globe (the eye), an orbital fracture can be a serious, sight-threatening break. (Goggles are recommended for racquetball and handball players because of…
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- Immunocompetence The ability to produce a normal immune response
- Osteocyte A bone cell
- Skull, hair-on-end Thin fine linear extensions radiating out from the skull that look on an X-ray like hair standing 'on-end'…
- Dacryo- A combining form denoting tears, as in dacryocyst (tear sac) and dacryocystorhinostomy (surgery to open up a…
- Adducted thumbs with mental retardation A syndrome with the following characteristic features: > >neurologically: mental retardation and aphasia…
- Open-label A term used to describe the situation when both the researcher and the participant in a research study know…
- Atonia, REM sleep Sleep : A frightening form of paralysis that occurs when a person suddenly finds himself or herself unable to…
- Neonatal chloramphenicol toxicity See: Gray baby syndrome
- Mastitis Inflammation of one or more mammary glands within the breast, usually in a lactating woman. It can be felt as…
- Direct-entry midwife A midwife who has entered the profession of midwifery as an apprentice to a practicing midwife rather than…
- Williams syndrome See: Circle of Willis.