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Cavity, abdominal
The cavity within the abdomen, the space between the abdominal wall and the spine. The abdominal cavity is hardly an empty space. It contains a number of crucial organs including the lower part of the esophagus, the stomach, small…
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- Tick typhus, Queensland See: Queensland tick typhus
- Tandem MS Abbreviation for tandem mass spectrometry. See: Tandem mass spectrometry
- Acne rosacea Acne, rosacea: This term is actually a misnomer! The appropriate term is simply rosacea which is a chronic…
- Skin Diseases, National Institute of... Is and Musculoskeletal and (NIAMS): One of the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. As its somewhat…
- Thermophobia An abnormal and persistent fear of heat, including hot weather and hot objects. Sufferers from thermophobia…
- Adult primary liver cancer A tumor in which the cancer starts during adulthood in cells in the liver. Also called hepatocellular…
- Child abuse, physical Child abuse, physical: Next to child neglect, physical abuse is the second most frequently reported form of…
- Gyne- Combining form pertaining to women. From the Greek gyno, gynaikos meaning woman
- SJS Stevens-Johnson syndrome.
- Cord, umbilical See: Umbilical cord
- Trismus and pseudocamptodactyly syndrome See: Hecht syndrome