Category: B

A dark blue nevus covered by smooth skin. It is composed of melanin-pigmented spindle cells in the mid-dermis. A small, hard, slate-blue bump typically located on the lower back. It’s harmless and doesn’t grow. While no treatment is needed, it can be removed if the patient desires.  

Tissue that makes up the nervous system, including neurons and neuroglia.  

Growth not spreading by metastases or infiltration of tissue.  

A muscle in which the fibers converge from both sides to a central tendon.  

A murmur heard over large bronchi, resembling respiratory laryngeal murmur.  

Movement of a tooth by natural or orthodontic forces so that the crown and root maintain their same vertical axis.  

A woman whose ovum was fertilized and became a fetus. This term does not apply to an individual who provided the uterus for the gestation of a fertilized ovum obtained from a donor.  

A device that automatically obtains and usually records the blood pressure at certain intervals, using the direct or indirect method of determining pressure. In some models, an alarm or light signal is activated if the pressure rises or falls to an abnormal level.  

Malformation of the ovum; a decidual tuberous subchorional hematoma.  

A mass made up of blood clots, membranes, and placenta, retained following fetal death.