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- Granulation That part of the healing process in which rough, pink tissue containing new connective tissue and capillaries…
- Altitude, acclimatization to >The depth of respiration increases; >The pressure in the pulmonary arteries increases, forcing blood into…
- Cutaneous syndactyly A condition in which fingers or toes are joined together, and the joining involves only the skin, not the…
- GALT The enzyme (galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase) lack of which causes the genetic metabolic disease…
- Sensorineural deafness with XX gonadal dysgenesis See: Perrault syndrome.
- Papilliferous See: Papuliferous
- Mass spectrometry An instrument used to identify chemicals in a substance by their mass and charge. Mass spectrometers are…
- Cide A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as…
- Sweating The act of secreting fluid from the skin by the sweat (sudoriferous) glands. These are small tubular glands…
- Endochondral bone Any bone that develops in and replaces cartilage. The cartilage is partially or entirely destroyed by the…