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- Hormone A chemical substance produced in the body that controls and regulates the activity of certain cells or…
- Neonatal jaundice Jaundice: Yellowish staining of the skin and whites of the newborn's eyes (sclerae) by pigment of bile…
- Amputation Removal of part or all of a body part enclosed by skin. For example, removal of part of a finger or an entire…
- Sciatica Sciatica: Pain resulting from irritation of the sciatic nerve, typically felt from the low back to behind the…
- Phe Phenylalanine. See also: Amino acid symbols
- Acoustic Having to do with sound or hearing. The acoustic nerve (the 8th cranial nerve) is concerned with hearing and…
- Causes of cancer Cancer is a group of more than 100 different diseases. Benign tumors are not cancer; malignant tumors are…
- Hybridization, nucleic acid A laboratory technique in which single-stranded nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) are allowed to interact so that…
- Glenohumeral dislocation See: Shoulder dislocation
- Proximal white subungual onychomycosis The rarest form of fungus infection of the finger or toenail. (Fungus infection of the finger or toenail is…
- Cranial nerve IX The ninth cranial nerve is the glossopharyngeal nerve. The 12 cranial nerves, the glossopharyngeal nerve…