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| Top part of the small intestine where chime mixes with bile, pancreatic juices, and intestinal juice to continue the digestive process. |
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| A connective tissue cell that occupies a lacuna within the cartilage matrix. Also called cartilage cell. |
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| Heart rate greater than 100 beats per minute. |
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| A hernial protrusion through a defect in the rectovaginal or vesicovaginal pouch. |
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| a condition characterized by softening of the bones with resultant pain, weakness, and bone fragility, caused by inadequate deposition of calcium or vitamin D. |
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| Rounded surface at the end of the bone |
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| a disease in which the skin becomes dry, hard, and scaly |
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| having a head nearly as broad from side to side as from front to back, esp one with a cephalic index over 80 |
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| Excision of one or more phalanges of the hand or foot |
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| inflammation of the vertebrae. |
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| x-ray examination of a vein or veins following injection of a radiopaque substance. |
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| The branch of medicine that deals with veins and their diseases |
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| Examination of the nasal passages |
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| a real-time waveform record of the concentration of carbon dioxide in the respiratory gases. |
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| a device used to measure oxyhemoglobin in arterial blood |
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| Destruction of a portion of the thalamus to relieve tremor |
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| hernial protrusion of the meninges through a defect in the cranium or vertebral column |
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| the surgical reconstruction of the kidney pelvis |
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| Inflammation of a glomerulus |
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