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Presentation, breech
Birth in which the buttocks present before the head
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Show more- Digit, supernumerary An extra finger or toe
- CSF (cerebrospinal fluid) A watery fluid, continuously produced and absorbed, which flows in the ventricles (cavities) within the brain…
- Vaccine, Salk Vaccine against poliomyelitis named for Dr. Jonas Salk who developed and introduced it in 1955. It was the…
- Child abuse, emotional Child abuse, emotional: Emotional child abuse is the third most frequently reported form of child abuse…
- Epizootic An epidemic outbreak of disease in an animal population, often with the implication that it may extend to…
- Intra-arterial pressure The pressure of the blood within an artery, the arterial pressure. Also called the arterial tension
- Etymology, medical See: Medical etymology
- Speed Common street name for a stimulant drug, especially for an amphetamine. Amphetamines have been used to treat…
- Drosophila The fruit fly. One species, Drosophila melanogaster, is a favorite model organism in genetics and…
- Vitamin B12-responsive methylmalonicaciduria An inherited metabolic (biochemical) disease that, unless effectively treated, causes young children to…
- Central retinal artery The blood vessel that carries blood into the eye and supplies nutrition to the retina. The counterpart to the…
- Helminthology, medical See: Medical helminthology