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Arm
1. In popular usage, the appendage that extends from the shoulder to the hand. However, the medical definition refers to the upper extremity extending from the shoulder only to the elbow, excluding the forearm, which extends from the elbow…
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Show more- Adult-onset Still disease Although Still disease was first described in children, it is known to begin in adults (rarely). Of all…
- Chylomicron A small fat globule composed of protein and lipid (fat). Chylomicrons are found in the blood and lymphatic…
- Acou- Combining form relating to hearing. As in acoustic, otoacoustic emission test, and presbyacousia
- NBCCS Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, also known as the Gorlin syndrome
- Cancer, rectal See: Rectal cancer
- Taenia armata Taenia solium
- Cosmid DNA from a bacterial virus into which is spliced a small fragment of a genome to be amplified and sequenced…
- New variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Abbreviated nvCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform…
- Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) A gas that can cause general anesthesia. Nitrous oxide is sometimes given in the company of other anesthetic…
- British National Formulary Osteogenesis imperfecta, not one but a group of genetic diseases, all of which affect collagen, a key…
- Rebound effect The characteristic of a drug to produce reverse effects when the effect of the drug has passed or the patient…
- Oscillopsia Oscillating vision. Swinging vision. In oscillopsia, objects seem to swing, move back and forth, jerk, or…