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Show more- Phantom limb syndrome The perception of sensations, usually including pain, in an arm or leg after the limb has been amputated. The…
- Optic Having to do with vision.
- Coeval Of the same or equal age or duration. For example, the two elderly men were coeval with one another. Coeval…
- Dermatitis, stasis A skin irritation on the lower legs, generally related to circulatory problems. Stasis refers to a stoppage…
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) The clinical research facility of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. As a national resource…
- Vulva cancer See: Cancer of the vulva
- Node, sentinel lymph The first lymph node ('gland') to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. Which lymph node is the sentinel…
- Bilateral Having, or relating to, two sides. Bilateral is as opposed, for example, to unilateral (which means having…
- Accessory Additional, extra, supplementary, subsidiary to the main thing. An accessory digestive organ is an organ that…
- Aphthous ulcer Aphthous ulcer: A small sensitive painful ulcer crater in the lining of the mouth. Commonly called a canker…
- Rate, infant mortality The number of children dying under a year of age divided by the number of live births that year. The infant…
- Mourning, public See: Public mourning