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  • 111American mink — This article is about animal. For the trademark of the same name, see American Legend Cooperative. American mink Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene–Recent Conservation status …

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  • 112mane — [mān] n. [ME < OE manu, akin to Ger mähne < IE * mono , neck (> Sans mányā, nape of the neck, Welsh mwn, neck), prob. < base * men , to project > MENACE] 1. the long hair growing from the top or sides of the neck of certain animals …

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  • 113Aparallactus nigriceps — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata …

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  • 114nuchal nevus — a type of nevus flammeus found on the nape of the neck, lateral to the midline and between the occipital protuberance and the fifth cervical vertebra. Called also nape or Unna n …

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  • 115cervix — 1741, from L. cervix, lit. the neck, nape of the neck. Applied to various neck like structures of the body, especially that of the uterus. Cervical is attested from 1680s, from Fr. cervical, from L. cervix …

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  • 116mount — {{11}}mount (n.1) hill, mountain, mid 13c., from Anglo Fr. mount, O.Fr. mont mountain; also perhaps partly from O.E. munt mountain; both the Old English and the French words from L. montem (nom. mons) mountain, from PIE root *men to stand out,… …

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  • 117chignon — noun Etymology: French, from Middle French chaignon chain, collar, nape Date: 1783 a knot of hair that is worn at the back of the head and especially at the nape of the neck …

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  • 118Folliculitis — Classification and external resources ICD 10 L73.9 (ILDS L73.91) ICD 9 704.8 …

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  • 119Tuberous sclerosis — Infobox Disease Name = Tuberous sclerosis Caption = Earliest illustration, from Rayer s atlas of skin diseases, 1835. DiseasesDB = 13433 ICD10 = ICD10|Q|85|1|q|80 ICD9 = ICD9|759.5 ICDO = OMIM = 191100 MedlinePlus = 000787 eMedicineSubj = neuro… …

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  • 120Carbuncle — A carbuncle is an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by bacterial infection, most commonly Staphylococcus aureus. The infection is contagious and may spread to other… …

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