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Mandible
The mandible is the bone of the lower jaw. The joint where the mandible meets the upper jaw at the temporal bone is called the temporomandibular joint.
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- Borborygmus Bowel sounds, the gurgling, rumbling, or growling noise from the abdomen caused by the muscular contractions…
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- CHAMPUS The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (in the United States). CHAMPUS is a…
- Presentation, breech Birth in which the buttocks present before the head
- PX Medical abbreviation for prognosis
- Vitamin O Not a true vitamin but rather a pricey health supplement that is composed largely of salt water (plus some…
- Ph.D. Doctor of Philosophy. (From the New Latin, philosophiae doctor). Ph.D.'s are involved in clinical care (as in…
- LPA Little People of America. The abbreviation also for the left pulmonary artery
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