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  2. Polydactyly - Wikipedia

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    The surgical treatment of central polydactyly is highly variable. After the surgery the hand must be functional and stable, but also aesthetically pleasing. This requires intraoperative creativity and flexibility. The surgeon must also consider whether retention of a fully functional supranumerary digit is preferable to surgical intervention.

  3. High-functioning autism - Wikipedia

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    High-functioning autism (HFA) was historically an autism classification to describe a person who exhibited no intellectual disability but otherwise showed autistic traits, such as difficulty in social interaction and communication, as well as repetitive, restricted patterns of behavior.

  4. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    Ileum, caecum and colon of rabbit, showing Appendix vermiformis on fully functional caecum The human vermiform appendix on the vestigial caecum. The appendix was once believed to be a vestige of a redundant organ that in ancestral species had digestive functions, much as it still does in extant species in which intestinal flora hydrolyze cellulose and similar indigestible plant materials. [10]

  5. Hermaphrodite - Wikipedia

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    Hylocereus undatus, a hermaphrodite plant with perfect flowers that have both functional carpels and stamens. The term hermaphrodite is used in botany to describe, for example, a perfect flower that has both staminate (male, pollen-producing) and carpellate (female, ovule-producing) parts. The overwhelming majority of flowering plant species ...

  6. Function (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Using functional notation, this means that, given , either () is in Y, or it is undefined. The set of the elements of X such that f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} is defined and belongs to Y is called the domain of definition of the function.

  7. Shareware - Wikipedia

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    For example, a fully functional feature-limited version may be given away for free, with advanced features disabled until a license fee is paid. The word freemium combines the two aspects of the business model: "free" and "premium". [5] It has become a popular model especially in the antivirus industry.

  8. Artificial organ - Wikipedia

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    With some almost fully functional, artificial lungs promise to be a great success in the near future. [29] An Ann Arbor company MC3 is currently working on this type of medical device. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can be used to take significant load off of the native lung tissue and heart. In ECMO, one or more catheters are ...

  9. Refurbishment (electronics) - Wikipedia

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    While in most countries there is no set legal definition, devices sold as "refurbished" tend to also come with the following assurances. Testing and certification: Functionality testing: the device is fully functional and has not been tampered with. Software testing: the device has not been jailbroken or rooted.