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A small rod- or ovalshaped pill of steroid hormone, usually either oestrogen or testosterone, that is implanted under the skin for slow absorption. Solid sediment at the base of a container after centrifuging. A tiny pill or small ball of medicine or food.  

A disease where an injury to the knee causes the ligament to become calcified [Described 1905. After Augusto Pelligrini, surgeon in Florence, Italy; Alfred Stieda (1869-1945), Professor of Surgery at K6nigsberg, Germany.]  

A fever associated with Hodgkin’s disease which recurs regularly [Described 1885. After Pieter Klaases Pel (1852-1919), Professor of Medicine in Amsterdam, Netherlands; Wilhelm Ebstein (1836-1912), Professor of Medicine at Géttingen, Germany.] Cyclic fever occurring in Hodgkin’s disease in which high body temperatures lasting from 3 to 10 days are separated by an afebrile period of…

A dentist who specialises in the treatment of children’s teeth.  

A congenital condition, in which the chest is depressed in the centre because the lower part of the breastbone is curved backwards. A congenital deformity of the bony thorax in which the sternum, particularly the xyphoid process, is bent inward, creating a hollow depression in the anterior chest; treatment is often surgery. A chest abnormality…

The anterior part of the chest.  

A small chest muscle which allows the shoulder to be depressed. Thin, triangular muscle of the upper chest, beneath the pectoralis major, that functions to draw the shoulder down and forward. Homosexual anal intercourse, especially that between a man and a young boy who is the passive partner. A muscle beneath the pectoralis major, attached…

A large chest muscle which pulls the arm forward or rotates it. A large triangular muscle that extends from the sternum to the humerus and functions to flex, horizontally adduct, and internally rotate the arm, and aids in chest expansion when the upper extremities are stabilized. Muscles of the chest that assist the swinging movements…

A chest muscle.