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- Osmole In biochemistry, the amount of a substance that dissociates in solution to form one mole of osmotically…
- Gamete The sperm or the egg. Each human gamete normally has 23 chromosomes, the haploid number of chromosomes, half…
- Fear of blood An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own…
- Yellow jacket sting A sting from a yellow jacket (or other large stinging insects such as bees, hornets and wasps) can trigger…
- Nasal septum deviation Failure of the nasal septum to be in the midline where it is supposed to be. (The nasal septum is the wall…
- Otitis media Otitis media: Inflammation of the middle ear characterized by the accumulation of fluid in the middle ear…
- Placental BMP See: MIC-1
- Frostbite Frostbite: Damage to tissues from freezing due to the formation of ice crystals within cells, rupturing the…
- Tapeworm, beef See Taenia saginata.
- Xeric Characterized by a scanty supply of moisture (or tolerating or adapted to dry conditions). The word 'xeric'…
- Vas deferens The tube connecting the testes with the urethra. The vas deferens is a coiled duct that conveys sperm from…