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Meningioma
A common type of slow growing, usually benign brain tumor that arises from the dura, one of the meninges, the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. A meningioma may occur wherever there is dura but the most common sites are over…
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- Heptad repeat A type of tandem repeat sequence in which a group of seven aminoacids occurs many times in a protein…
- Bacterium The singular of bacteria
- Sterilization, surgical Surgical sterilization is a contraceptive option for people who do not want children in the future. It is…
- Colonic 1. See: Colonic (adjective). 2. See: Colonic (noun)
- Toe, turf See: Turf toe
- Syphilis, tertiary The third stage of syphilis, in which the syphilis spirochetes infect the brain and other organs of the body…
- Catheter, indwelling bladder A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder that remains ('dwells') there to provide…
- Catalysis The process by which a substance speeds up a chemical reaction without being consumed or altered in the…
- Chlamydia A type of bacteria one species of which causes an infection very similar to gonorrhea in the way that it is…
- Laminopathy A disease due to mutation of the lamin A/C gene. The laminopathies include: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy…