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Excision of the carpus or a portion of it.  

Pain in the face, neck, or jaw. It may be produced in persons with atypical facial neuralgia by pressure on the common carotid artery. The pain is dull and referred to the same side to which pressure was applied. Treatment is with analgesics.  

An enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of beta-carotene to retinaldehyde.  

An excrescence resembling flesh; a fleshy growth.  

An abnormal aversion to meat.  

American physician] In evaluating a surgical abdomen, decreased abdominal tenderness to palpation after the supine patient elevates his or her head from the bed. The sign indicates that acute abdominal pain originates in the rectus muscle sheath rather than the peritoneum.  

To the desires and appetites of the flesh; sensual.  

A side-shuffling, sport-specific functional test of agility and kinesthetic awareness that is used toward the end of a rehabilitation program to reintegrate athletes back into competition following lower extremity injuries. Derived from a Latin dance step, the carioca test involves the alternate stepping of one foot in front and them behind the other.  

The ridge extending posteriorly from the urethral orifice and continuous with the anterior column of the vagina.  

The ridge at the lower end of the trachea separating the openings of the two primary bronchi.