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Genitalia, female external
See: Female external genitalia
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Show more- V. cholerae genome See: Cholera genome
- STL3 Stickler syndrome, type III. See: Stickler syndrome
- Incontinence, urge A sudden involuntary contraction of the muscular wall of the bladder causing urinary urgency, an immediate…
- Progeny The children and other descendants. For example one might say that the progeny of someone with a genetic…
- Chromosome inversion, pericentric A fragment of a chromosome (one of the microscopically visible carriers of the genetic material DNA) that is…
- Infectious hepatitis See Hepatitis A
- Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis: Abbreviated as DISH. Diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis is a…
- Dactyl-, -dactyl Prefix or suffix denoting involvement of the digits (fingers or toes)
- Posteroanterior In anatomy, posteroanterior (PA) means from back-to-front. For example, a PA X-ray of the chest is taken from…
- Vascular bed The vascular system, or a part thereof: for example, the pulmonary vascular bed describes the blood vessels…
- Snowblindness A burn of the cornea (the clear front surface of the eye) by ultraviolet B rays (UVB). Also called radiation…
- Duchenne-Erb paralysis See: Erb palsy