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Turf toe
An injury to the big toe due to forced hyperextension (upward bending back) of the toe. The damage is to the capsule of the joint (the first metatarsophalangeal joint) and the ligaments that connect the big toe to the foot. Hyperflexible…
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Show more- Mastectomy, preventative Removal of one or both breasts without the current presence of cancer. This surgery is sometimes chosen as a…
- Familial mental retardation protein See FMRP.
- Absorb 1. To take something in, as through the skin or the intestine.2. To react with radiation and reduce it in…
- Malleus A tiny bone shaped like a minute mallet in the middle ear. The malleus transmits the sound vibrations from…
- Psychosomatic Relating to both the mind and the body or to the mind-body interrelationships. From the Greek words…
- Renal Having to do with the kidney. From the Latin renes (the kidneys), which gave the French les reins which mean…
- Hematology The diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the blood and bone marrow as well as of the…
- Intravenous cholangiogram Feeding through a vein. Also called parenteral alimentation or parenteral nutrition.
- Laryngitis Laryngitis is an inflammation of the larynx, the portion of the airway (respiratory tract) containing the…
- Craniopagus parasiticus Conjoined twins joined at the head (craniopagus) in which a rudimentary head (with little or no body) is…
- Muscle, piriformis A muscle that begins at the front surface of the sacrum (the V-shaped bone between the buttocks at the base…
- PCBs PolyChlorinated Biphenyls, a mixture of up to 209 chlorinated chemicals. Although PCBs are no longer produced…