Large specialised liver cells which break down haemoglobin into bile ...

A long steel nail used in operations to pin fractures of long bones, especially the femur, through the bone marrow...

A malignant tumour in the ovary secondary to a tumour in the stomach .  

Encapsulated nerve endings in the mucous membrane of the mouth, nose, eyes and genitals [Described 1860. After Wilhelm Johann Friedrich...

A condition in which the vulva becomes thin and dry due to lack of oestrogen, found usually in elderly women....

A condition in which the foreskin becomes dry and shrivelled.  

A method of finding a person’s blood pressure by inflating a cuff around his or her upper arm to a...

The bacillus which causes conjunctivitis.  

The bacterium which causes tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis [Described 1882. After Robert Koch (1843-1910), Professor of Hygiene in Berlin, Germany, later...

A method for realigning a dislocated shoulder in which the arm is raised and a sudden change is made between...