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Still's Disease
See: Arthritis, systemic-onset juvenile rheumatoid.
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- Cytoplasm All of the substance of a cell outside of the nucleus. The cytoplasm contains a number of different types…
- Sz Seizure
- Analogous In anatomy, similar in appearance or function but otherwise different. Two structures may be analogous if…
- Hair follicle A sac from which a hair grows and into which the sebaceous (oil) glands open. The follicle is lined by cells…
- Single-blind Term used to described a study in which either the investigator or the participant, but not both of them, is…
- Hydrostatic weighing See: Underwater weighing
- Good Samaritan law A law designed to protect a Good Samaritan from legal liability. Such laws usually specify that whoever in…
- Genitalia, intersexual See: Ambiguous genitalia
- Epsom salt Magnesium sulfate. Known as Epsom salt because it was originally extracted from the mineral-rich water of…
- Disease, pelvic inflammatory (PID) Despite its seeming lack of gender, this term is applied to women only. PID refers exclusively to ascending…