Year: 2021

An analgesic drug that also reduces fever, used to relieve mild or moderate pain. It is administered by mouth; side-effects may include sweating and skin rashes. Prolonged high doses may cause kidney damage.  

An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy. It is administered by mouth; side-effects include digestive upsets, fever, and rash. Mental changes and damage to liver, kidneys, and bone marrow may also occur.  

Any of the paired segmented clefts in each side of the throat of the early embryo that correspond to the gills of fish. Soon after they have formed they close to form the pharyngeal pouches, except for the first cleft, which persists as the external auditory meatus.  

Any of the paired segmented ridges of tissue in each side of the throat of the early embryo that correspond to the gill arches of fish. Each arch contains a cartilage, a cranial nerve, and a blood vessel. Between each arch there is a pharyngeal pouch.  

A swelling, in the abdomen or elsewhere, caused by local muscular contraction or the accumulation of gases, that mimics a swelling caused by a tumor or other structural change. The condition is usually associated with emotional disorder, and the ‘tumor’ may disappear under anesthesia. An apparent tumor due to muscular contractions or flatus that resolves…

An excessively strong impulse to touch or rub parts of one’s own body.  

The embryonic penis or clitoris, before the urethral duct has reached its final state of development. An alternative name for the penis, this word may also be used to describe a penis-like object. In embryology the phallus is the rudimentary penis before the urethral duct has completely developed.  

Surgical removal of one or more of the small bones (phalanges) in the fingers or toes.  

Rows of supporting cells between the sensory hair cells of the organ of Corti. One of the cells supporting the hair cells of the organ of Corti. These cells form several rows of outer phalangeal cells (Deiters’ cells) and a single row of inner phalangeal cells.  

Rapidly spreading ulceration with sloughing of dead skin. A sloughing ulcer that spreads rapidly.