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Uvulitis
Inflammation of the uvula
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- Jawbone 1. As a noun, a bone of the jaw, particularly the mandible.2. As a verb, to try and influence with words…
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- FAS gene A gene that encodes one of several proteins important to apoptosis, the normal process through which cells…
- IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) A group of chronic intestinal diseases characterized by inflammation of the bowel -- the large or small…
- Phlebo- (prefix) Means vein. From the Greek 'phleps', vein, which came from the root 'phlein', to gush or overflow. Appears in…
- Pericentric chromosome inversion A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that includes the centromere (and so is…
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- Esotropia Cross-eyed or, in medical terms, convergent or internal strabismus