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Skin, tattooing of the
The permanent insertion of ink or other pigments below the skin using a sharp instrument. Humans have done tattooing for cosmetic and ritual purposes since at least the Neolithic era. In the Western world, tattooing has historically served…
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- Internal genitalia, female See: Female internal genitalia
- Hair, lanugal The downy hair on the body of the fetus and newborn baby. The lanugal hair (or lanugo) is the first hair to…
- Pustulosis A highly inflammatory skin condition resulting in large fluid-filled blister-like areas (pustules)…
- Endothelial progenitor cell A primitive cell made in the bone marrow that can enter the bloodstream and go to areas of blood vessel…
- Spinal cord injury Spinal cord injury: Trauma or damage to the spinal cord, the major column of nerve tissue that is connected…
- Media, contrast X-ray dyes used to provide contrast, for example, between blood vessels and other tissue. Commonly spoken of…
- Band, Q A form of chromosome band, one of the bright and dull fluorescent bands seen alternating along the length of…
- Inversion, paracentric chromosome A basic type of chromosome rearrangement in which a segment that does not include the centromere (and so is…
- Cholesterol Cholesterol: The most common type of steroid in the body, cholesterol has gotten something of a bad name…
- Leukemia, acute Cancer of the blood cells (leukemia) that progresses rapidly, as opposed to chronic leukemia which progresses…
- GPO GPO stands for various things (such as the Government Printing Office) but in a healthcare context (and many…