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The shoulder bones, the scapulae and clavicles, to which the upper arm bones are attached. Muscles of the upper chest and shoulders.  

The middle section of the wall of the anal passage. A hard ridge on the pubis. The middle section of the anal canal, below the anal valves.  

A type of bed with a Balkan frame, a rectangular frame attached to and overhanging the bed, used mainly for people with splints.  

Thin, pale, and sickly in appearance (informal).  

The time of the day, days of the month or months of the year, during which something such as a fever, tiredness, infectious disease or cold reaches its highest point or occurs most frequently in a population.  

The rate at which someone can expel air from their lungs when they are full and with no time limit. The maximum rate of exhalation during a forced expiration, measured in liters per second or liters per minute. It is used as a test of airway obstruction.  

The highest point. Highest value of a measurement or recording, as the top temperature of a patient’s fever period or the sharp elevation during an electrocardiographic tracing.  

A set of procedures for the study or production of conditioned reflexes.  

A glass tube used to remove the contents of the bowel after an opening has been made between the intestine and the abdominal wall [Described 1891. After Frank Thomas Paul (1851-1941), British surgeon.]  

A blood test to see if someone has glandular fever, where the person’s blood is tested against a solution containing glandular fever bacilli [Described 1932. After John Rodman Paul (b. 1893), US physician; Walls Willard Bunnell (1902-66), US physician.]