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Arteriosclerotic aneurysm
A localized widening (aneurysm) of a vessel that occurs because the vessel wall is weakened by arteriosclerosis. An aneurysm is a localized widening (dilatation) of an artery, vein, or the heart. At the area of an aneurysm, there is…
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Show more- Cross-section In anatomy, a cross-section is a transverse cut through a structure or tissue. The opposite of a…
- Atlantoaxial Pertaining to the first and second cervical vertebrae which meet at a joint called the atlantoaxial joint…
- Myc- The plural of mycelium.
- Lifestyle disease A disease associated with the way a person or group of people lives. Lifestyle diseases include…
- Jacksonian seizure A form of epilepsy involving brief alteration in movement, sensation or nerve function caused by abnormal…
- Behavior therapy A treatment program that involves substituting desirable behavior responses for undesirable ones
- Scales, body fat See: Bioelectric impedance analysis
- Jordi Casals-Ariet See: Casals-Ariet, Jordi
- Mixed connective tissue disease Mixed connective tissue disease: A mixture of three diseases of connective tissue (the framework of the cells…
- VWM Leukoencephalopathy with vanishing white matter, an inherited brain disease that occurs mainly in children…
- Darwin, Charles English naturalist (1809-82), considered the father of evolution. Darwin voyaged aboard the Beagle to see the…
- Vulva The female external genital organs including the labia majora, labia minora, clitoris, tiny glands called…