Juncture
In anatomy, a place where two or more structures join; a joint. From the Latin jungere, to join.
Read Also:
- June cold
A popular term for hay fever. Although the symptoms of a “June cold” may be quite similar to those of a real cold, the term “June cold” is a misnomer. Unlike a real cold, it is not caused by a virus, but by allergy. It is therefore also known as allergic rhinitis a runny nose […]
- Junk DNA
Noncoding regions of DNA that have no apparent function. The term “junk DNA” is a disparaging one, expressing some of the disappointment felt by geneticists when they first gazed upon sizable segments of the genetic code and, instead of seeing one wonderful gene after another, they saw a few exons surrounded by vast stretches of […]
- Juvenile
Between infantile and adult. Used in medicine to indicate onset in childhood, as in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.
- Juvenile chronic arthritis, systemic-onset
A form of joint disease in children whose systemic signs and symptoms include high intermittent fever, a salmon-colored skin rash, swollen lymph glands, enlargement of the liver and spleen, inflammation of the lungs (pleuritis), and inflammation around the heart (pericarditis). The arthritis itself may not be immediately apparent, but in time it surfaces and may […]
- Juvenile chronic myelogenous leukemia
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.