| gonad |
The part of the reproductive system that produces and releases eggs (ovary) or sperm (testicle/testis).
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| gossypol |
An anticancer drug extracted from the cotton plant.
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| Gowers' sign |
1. abrupt intermittent oscillation of the iris under the influence of light; seen in certain stages of tabes dorsalis. 2. a sign of pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; to stand from the supine position, the patient rolls to the prone position, kneels, and raises himself to a standing position by pushing with his hands against shins, knees, and thighs. Called also Gowers' maneuver or phenomenon.
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| Goggia's sign |
in health, the fibrillary contraction produced by striking and then pinching the brachial biceps extends throughout the whole muscle: in debilitating disease, such as typhoid fever, the contraction is local.
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| Goldstein's sign |
wide space between the great toe, and the adjoining toe seen in cretinism and Down's syndrome.
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