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Tocus
Labor, childbirth. Directly from the Greek 'tokos' meaning childbirth
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- Juvenile-onset diabetes See Diabetes, type 1
- Hair follicle A sac from which a hair grows and into which the sebaceous (oil) glands open. The follicle is lined by cells…
- Fibrinogen The protein from which is generated fibrin, the essence of a normal blood clot
- Dystonia, laryngeal See: Spasmodic dysphonia
- FLT-3 inhibitor A gene-targeted therapy for a common subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) known as FLT-positive AML in…
- Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid A form of joint disease in children whose systemic signs and symptoms include high intermittent fever, a…
- Aluminum poisoning See: Aluminum
- Gene, zygotic lethal A gene that is lethal (fatal) for the zygote, the cell formed by the union of a sperm (male sex cell) and an…
- Otalgia Ear pain; earache. Otalgia can originate within the ear, the ear canal, or the external ear. From otos, the…