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  • Acrochordon

    A small, benign, polyp-shaped growth composed of skin and subcutaneous tissue; typically found on the neck, in the axilla, or near the eyelids.  

  • Acrocephaly

    The condition of having a malformed cranial vault with a high or peaked appearance and a vertical index above 77. It is caused by premature closure of the coronal, sagittal, and lambdoidal sutures. A congenital anomaly where the head takes on a cone-like shape. It is also known as oxycephaly.  

  • Acrobrachycephal

    The condition of having an abnormally short head in the anterior-posterior diameter due to fusion of the coronal suture.  

  • Acroblast

    A part of the Golgi apparatus in the spermatid from which the acrosome arises.  

  • Acroagnosis

    Absence of feeling of one’s limb.  

  • Acrimony

    Quality of being pungent, acrid, irritating, rancorous, or caustic.  

  • Acridine

    A coal tar hydrocarbon from which certain dyes are prepared.  

  • Acquisition

    The measurement of image data during a radiological study and of its subsequent storage in memory. The infiltration of a virus into, or its adherence to, a vector.  

  • Acquired brain injury

    Any structural damage to the brain occurring after childbirth. It includes traumatic brain injury and insults to the brain resulting from strokes, tumors, or neurological diseases such as multiple sclerosis.  

  • Acoustics

    The science of sound, its production, transmission, and effects.  

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