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Son
1. Principally, a male offspring. 2. Also a male adopted child. 3. A term of address for a male. From the Old English sunu, from an Indo-European word meaning to give birth
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- Labia, oral The lips around the mouth. See lip.
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- Dysplastic nevi Atypical moles whose appearance is different from that of a common ordinary mole. Dysplastic nevi tend to be…
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- Tyr Tyrosine. See also: Amino acid symbols