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Serratus posterior superior
One of the serratus muscles of the back and thorax. The serratus posterior superior originates from the spinous processes of two lower cervical and two upper thoracic vertebrae and it inserts into the lateral side of angles of the second…
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- Biopsy, sentinel-lymph-node See: Sentinel lymph node biopsy
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- Nervous system, central (CNS) That part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system (CNS)…
- Scabies, crusted A severe form of scabies caused by delayed treatment of the initial infestation, characterized by mite-filled…
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- DTC Direct-to-consumer, as in DTC advertising of prescription drugs
- GIFT A technique in which the male and female cells required to begin reproduction are injected into the fallopian…