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Homo erectus
A primate believed to have been an extinct ancestor of modern humans being (Homo sapiens). Known to have been tall (average 1.78 m or 5 feet, 10 inches), erect stature, smaller brain (about 75% the size of Homo sapiens), and a lower…
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Show more- Gastritis Gastritis: Inflammation of the stomach. From the Latin gastricus meaning stomach + -itis, meaning…
- Infection, ear (acute middle) Acute middle ear infection, medically called acute otitis media is inflammation of the middle ear. Acute…
- Chekhov, Anton (1860-1904) 'Russia's most famous physician' and greatest dramatist. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov graduated from…
- PA X-ray An X-ray picture in which the beams pass from back-to-front (posteroanterior). As opposed to an AP…
- Joint, TM The joint that hinges the lower jaw (mandible) to the skull
- Disease, Bowen's N early stage of skin cancer. Bowen disease is medically the same as 'squamous cell carcinoma in situ.'…
- Nail grooves See: Beau's lines
- ADAMTS2 A gene that encodes a metalloproteinase enzyme. This enzyme is responsible for processing type I, type II…
- Left-handed In popular usage, the leg extends from the top of the thigh down to the foot. However, in medical…
- Paralysis, infantile (polio) Infantile paralysis is an old synonym for poliomyelitis, an acute and sometimes devastating viral disease…
- Fibrin The protein formed during normal blood clotting that is the essence of the clot.
- Hansen's bacillus See: Hansen bacillus