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| Graves' disease |
a disorder characterized by excessive thyroid secretion that causes enlargement of the thyroid and higher basal metabolism and pulse rate. |
| sacrum |
in higher vertebrates, a bone that supports the dorsal wall of the pelvis, formed from the fusion of two or more basal vertebrae. |
| tertial |
of or pertaining to the third row of flight feathers on the basal segment of a bird's wing. |
| vagina |
any sheathlike part or organ, such as the basal part of a grass leaf that sheathes the stem. [1/3 definitions] |
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