Category: K

A solution used in preserving pathological specimens.  

The surgical formation of a gastric fistula with the feeding tube inserted through a valvelike flap.  

A sensation of flying or of moving the body or a part of it.  

Short, sparse, tightly twisted hair that may be poorly pigmented.  

A granule in the sarcoplasm of a striated muscle fiber.  

Chronic dermatitis with production of hard papules that join together to form hypertrophied scars.  

An exercise that requires the foot (or hand) to apply pressure against a plate, pedal, or ground. This rehabilitation concept was determined by the anatomical functional relationship in the lower extremities. Kinetic chain exercises are more functional than open-chain exercises, in which the foot is off the ground and the force is generated by the…

A genus of tropical trees that produce the kola nut. A kola nut extract is used in pharmaceutical preparations and as a main ingredient in some carbonated beverages.  

A series of bones connected by joints. Movement of one segment influences other parts of the chain.  

Several species of the family Reduviidae. Melanolestes picipes is the common kissing bug, or black corsair.