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The study of social patterns as they change over time.  

In epidemiology, a cohort study defined in the past.  

A technique for researching behavior in times past, historical cohort study.  

Tissue formation and development. The formation and development of tissue from the embryological germ layer. The development into differentiated tissues of a germ layer; the origin and development of tissue.  

The degree of similarity between tissues from different persons as determined by the classes of antigens on cell surfaces is greatest between tissues of identical twins. Matching is essential in organ and tissue transplants and in the transfusion of blood.  

Abnormal hairiness, especially in women, hypertrichosis. The condition of having excessive hair, especially a condition in which a woman grows hair on the body in the same way as a man. Heavy, abnormal growth of hair that may be either coarse and pigmented or fine, soft, and unpigmented. The condition in females is due to…

An injury to the iliac crest (hip).  

One of the earliest body type theories, developed by Hippocrates. The theory stated that a person’s character could be determined through the identification of the balance of the four body humors: a. blood, sanguine (hopeful, cheerful); b. black bile, melancholic (sad, depressed); c. yellow bile, choleric (irritable, irascible); and d. phlegm, phlegmatic (apathetic, lethargic).  

A portion of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum. A gyrus between the hippocampal and collateral fissures.  

The ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabular fossa. The place where the hip is joined to the upper leg. Ball-and-socket joint m which the head of the femur (thigh bone) fits into the acetabulum of the innominate bone of the pelvis. The joint involves several ligaments and permits extensive motion.…