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Attribute of tissues or cells that have average staining ability.  

Heart rate and electrical conduction originating from the sinoatrial node. The normal heart rhythm whose pacemaker is in the sinoatrial node and whose conduction through the atria, atrioventricular node, and ventricles is unimpaired. The interval between complexes is regular, the ventricular rate is 60 to 100, there are upright P waves in leads I and…

A fractured bone that fails to heal properly. A condition in which a fractured bone fails to heal, preventing the fragments of bone from forming an uninterrupted, anatomically correct structure. Fracture non-unions are more common among adults and tend to occur more often among smokers. The bone of the upper arm and the shinbone are…

Thyroid enlargement without excessive production of thyroid hormone.  

A broken bone that remains in the normal anatomical alignment.  

Not involved in bringing on the condition or disease.  

Cutting or freeing nerve tissue from inflammatory adhesions. The loosening of adhesions surrounding a nerve. Depletion of a nerve due to excessive stimulation; nerve strain; the release of bindings constraining a nerve; breakdown of nerve tissue.  

Cysts containing fluid within a fibrous capsule attached to a tendon sheath of the hands, wrists, or feet.  

The layer of the eye containing the retina.  

Branch of the occipitalis nerve that divides in the orbit into the supraorbital and supratrochlear nerves.