Category: S

Concerning a chromosome in which the centromere is within the two central quarters but not precisely centrally located.  

A tooth that is below the plane of occlusion; usually a deciduous tooth retained as a result of ankylosis.  

Close to or next to a margin or border of a part. In dentistry, pert, to a deficiency in material or contour at the margin of a restoration in a tooth. Below the peripheral region.  

A treatment for wet macular degeneration consisting of surgical removal of subfoveal choroidal neovascularization and the bleeding that accompanies it.  

Beneath or concerning the area beneath the tongue.  

In psychoanalytical theory, part of the normal individual’s personality in which mental processes function without consciousness, under normal waking conditions.  

To evaporate a substance directly from the solid into the vapor state and condense it again. For example, metallic iodine on heating does not liquefy but directly forms a violet gas.  

The production of a fistula of the penile urethra, which may interfere with conception. It is used for contraception by some primitive groups, especially Australian aborigines.  

In a research study a selected population of patients who share one or more common traits and thus can be distinguished from the rest of the individuals investigated.  

An inflammation of the undersurface or tissues of the tongue.