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Minor anomaly
An unusual anatomic feature that is of no serious medical or cosmetic consequence to the patient. A minor anomaly of the feet might, for example, be curvature of the second toe so it overlaps the third toe a little. A major anomaly, by…
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Show more- Eye retraction syndrome See: Duane syndrome
- Endometriosis uterina Also known as adenomyosis (pronounced ad-den-o-mi-o-sis), this is a common benign condition of the uterus in…
- Hygiene The science of preventive medicine and the preservation of health. From the name of Hygeia, the daughter of…
- Gonad, female The female gonad, the ovary or 'egg sac', is one of a pair of reproductive glands in women. They are located…
- Adjacent Lying nearby. Related terms include superjacent, subjacent, and circumjacent. From ad-, near + the Latin…
- Ventricular beat, premature See: Extrasystole
- Congestive heart failure Congestive heart failure: Inability of the heart to keep up with the demands on it and, specifically, failure…
- Ultrasound, Doppler See: Doppler ultrasound
- Headache, febrile A headache associated with fever. Because this can sometimes indicate inflammation of the brain, as in…
- Dextrocardia The heart is reversed and is in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left…
- Perchloric acid See: Perchlorate
- Celsus (1st century A.D.) Aulus (Aurelius) Cornelius Celsus. Roman encyclopedist whose only surviving work, De…