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Atrium of the ear
A chamber or cavity communicating with another chamber or passageway.
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At-risk drinking
The consumption of a potentially unhealthy amount of alcohol. Men are said to participate in at-risk drinking when they consume more than four alcoholic drinks a day (or 14 or more drinks a week). At-risk drinking for women consists of the consumption of more than three drinks a day, or seven or more drinks a…
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Atriplicism
Poisoning due to eating one form of spinach, Atriplex littoralis.
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Atrioventricularis communis
Persistence of the common atrioventricular canal. In this congenital anomaly of the heart, the division of the common atrioventricular canal in the embryo fails to occur. This causes atrial septal defect and atrioventricular valve incompetence.
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Atriotome
A surgical instrument used to open the cardiac atrium.
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Atrioseptopexy
Surgical repair of an interatrial septal defect.
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Atrichosis
Congenital absence of hair.
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Vaginal atresia
Congenital closure or absence of the vagina.
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Urethral atresia
Absence or closure of the urethral orifice or canal.
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Prepyloric atresia
Congenital closure of the pyloric end of the stomach.
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